THE MELODRAMATIC MOMENT, 1790–1820 KING’S COLLEGE LONDON, 27–29 MARCH 2014

This conference, a collaboration between the two projects ‘French Theatre of the Napoleonic Era’ at Warwick University and ‘Music in London, 1800–1851’ at King's College London, was intended to foster interdisciplinary dialogue about early melodrama. In particular, the aim was to investigate th...

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Published in:Eighteenth-century music 2015-03, Vol.12 (1), p.130-133
Main Authors: HAMBRIDGE, KATHERINE, HICKS, JONATHAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Actors
Collaboration
Communications: Conferences
Conferences
Emotions
Essays
Music
Musicology
Orchestras
Theater
Verbal communication
Writers
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Summary:This conference, a collaboration between the two projects ‘French Theatre of the Napoleonic Era’ at Warwick University and ‘Music in London, 1800–1851’ at King's College London, was intended to foster interdisciplinary dialogue about early melodrama. In particular, the aim was to investigate the relationship between melodramatic techniques (spoken word over or alternated with instrumental music), melodramatic aesthetics (such as strong contrasts between good and evil and extremes of emotion) and the generic category of melodrama (given to various concert and theatrical forms). While discussion necessarily engaged with phenomena either side of the thirty years specified by the title, participants focused on the period in which melodrama came to prominence as a stage genre, a period in which several of the key European traditions coincided.
ISSN:1478-5706
1478-5714
DOI:10.1017/S1478570614000566