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"Prompted by controversial views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a vigorous philosophi

This study analyses reflections on music and considers ways in which it facilitates links between language and meaning.

How did composers and performers use the lost art of pantomime to explore and promote the Enlightenment ideals of free expression?

"Ranging widely over the musical and intellectual thought of the eighteenth century, Thomas Christensen orients Rameau's accomplishments in the light of contemp

The founders of the Enlightenment in France are presented in this volume. The author emphasizes the practice as well as practical humanism and examines their fa