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The Cambridge Companion to French Music Francehasalongandrichmusichistorythathashadafar-reaching impactuponmusicandculturesaroundtheworld.Thisaccessible Companionprovidesacomprehensiveintroductiontothemusicof France.Withchaptersonarangeofmusicgenres,internationally renownedauthorssurveymusic-makingfromtheearlyMiddleAges tothepresentday.Thefirstpartprovidesacompletechronological historystructuredaroundkeyhistoricalevents.Thesecondpart considersoperaandballetandtheirinstitutionsandworks,andthe thirdpartexplorestraditionalandpopularmusic.Inthefinalpart, contributorsanalysefivethemesandtopics,includingtheearly churchanditsinstitutions,manuscriptsources,themusical aestheticsoftheSiècledesLumièresandmusicatthecourtduring theancienrégime.Illustratedwithphotographsandmusicexamples, thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforbothstudentsandmusic lovers. simon trezise isanassociateprofessorintheSchoolofDrama, FilmandMusicatTrinityCollegeDublin.Hisresearchfocuseson themusicofDebussyandFranceinthelatenineteenthandearly twentiethcenturies,thehistoryandpracticeofrecording,aspectsof performancepracticeandfilmmusic.Hispublicationsinclude Debussy:Lamer(Cambridge,1995)andTheCambridgeCompanion toDebussy(aseditor,Cambridge,2003). The Cambridge Companion to FRENCH MUSIC ............................ EDITED BY Simon Trezise TrinityCollegeDublin UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521701761 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyT. J. International Ltd, Padstow AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata TheCambridgecompaniontoFrenchmusic/editedbySimonTrezise. pages cm.–(Cambridgecompanionstomusic) ISBN978-0-521-70176-1(paperback) 1. Music–France–Historyandcriticism. I. Trezise,Simon,editorofcompilation. ML270.C36 2014 780.944–dc23 2014013700 ISBN978-0-521-87794-7Hardback ISBN978-0-521-70176-1Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. InmemoriamDebbieMetrustry 6April1961–11February2010 Contents Listoffigures [pageix] Listoftables [xi] Listofmusicexamples [xii] Notesoncontributors [xiii] Preface [xvii] SimonTrezise (cid:1) PartI ChronologicalhistoryofFrenchmusic fromtheearlyMiddleAgestothepresent [1] 1 Fromabbeytocathedralandcourt:musicunder theMerovingian,CarolingianandCapetiankings inFranceuntilLouisIX [3] AliceV.Clark 2 Cathedralandcourt:musicunderthelateCapetian andValoiskings,toLouisXI [21] LawrenceEarp 3 TheRenaissance [49] FabriceFitch 4 MusicunderLouisXIIIandXIV,1610–1715 [69] PeterBennettandGeorgiaCowart 5 MusicfromtheRegencytotheRevolution,1715–1789 [88] DebraNagy 6 TheRevolutionandRomanticismto1848 [111] MichaelMcClellanandSimonTrezise 7 Renaissanceandchange,1848tothedeathofDebussy [133] SimonTrezise 8 Laguerreetlapaix,1914–1945 [159] AndyFry 9 Culturalandgenerationalquerellesinthemusicaldomain: musicfromtheSecondWorldWar [180] JonathanGoldman (cid:1) PartII Opera [199] 10 OperaandballettothedeathofGluck [201] JacquelineWaeber [vii] viii Contents 11 OperaandballetaftertheRevolution [221] StevenHuebner (cid:1) PartIII Othermusics [243] 12 Traditionalmusicanditsethnomusicologicalstudy [245] LucCharles-Dominique 13 Popularmusic [271] DavidLooseley (cid:1) PartIV Themesandtopics [291] 14 Manuscriptsourcesandcalligraphy [293] JohnHaines 15 Churchandstateintheearlymedievalperiod [313] AndrewTomasello 16 Musicandthecourtoftheancienrégime [330] JeaniceBrooks 17 MusicalaestheticsoftheSiècledesLumières [346] GeorgiaCowart 18 ParisandtheregionsfromtheRevolutiontotheFirst WorldWar [362] KatharineEllis Selectbibliography [379] Index [391] Figures Theeditorandpublishersacknowledgethefollowingsourcesofcopyright materialandaregratefulforthepermissionsgranted.Whileeveryefforthas beenmade,ithasnotalwaysbeenpossibletoidentifythesourcesofall materialused,ortotraceallcopyrightholders.Ifanyomissionsarebrought toournotice,wewillbehappytoincludetheappropriateacknowledgements onreprinting. 12.1 JeantyBenquet(1870–1957),bohaplayer,inBazas (Gironde,Gascony),photographedin1937 [page248] 12.2 PierreAussenac(1878–1945),bodegaplayer [249] 12.3 BombardesconstructedbyJean-PierreJacob (1865–1919),aprofessionalturnerfromLorient (Morbihan,Brittany) [250] 12.4 MarcCulouscoudeGèdre(HighPyrenees)playstheclarin. PhotographicdocumentgivenbyMarcelGastellu- Etchegorry [251] 12.5 Groupoftambourinaires(galoubet-tambourinplayers) inProvence [252] 12.6 RondosuitefromGascony,constructedandwritten bytheviolinistJosephRoméo(1903–89).Author’sprivate collection [261] 14.1 Earlyneumes:podatus,clivis,S-shapetorculus,half-circle torculus,clivis-pressus [295] 14.2 Squarenotes:Bretonclimacus,twopedesfromChartres [296] 14.3 Squareligatures:pes,climacus [297] 14.4 PrickingandrulingpatterninaCarthusiangradual. Grenoble,BibliothèqueMunicipale,84(catalogue395), fol.98r [298] 14.5 Dominicanmasterbookfromc.1260.London,British Library,Additional23935,fol.294v [299] 14.6 GautierdeCoincisight-readingmusicforthevielle. Brussels,BibliothèqueRoyale,10747,fol.3r [302] 14.7 Scribeoftrouvèresongswritingonaparchmentroll. Paris,BibliothèqueNationaledeFrance,f.fr.846,fol.94r [303] 14.8 Machautreadingaparchmentroll.Paris,Bibliothèque NationaledeFrance,f.fr.1586,fol.26r [304] [ix]