thesis

Les operas de haydn : contraintes et liberte

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1987

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Institution:

Paris 4

Disciplines:

Musicology

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Abstract EN:

Esterhaza, where most of haydn's operas were composed, implied, because of its geographical, political and cultural position and of its reigning princes tastes, a set of constraints. These had direct consequences both of selected libretti (themes, adaptations) and on musical choices concessing the makeup of the troupe (orchestra, choir, soloists). It appears that the composer, ever respectful of his prince and his artists, found in these constraints the true originality of his opera style: from constraint to liberty.

Abstract FR:

Esterhaza, ou furent composes la majorite des operas de haydn, impliquait par sa geographie, sa situation politique et culturelle, et les gouts des princes regnants, une serie de contraintes qui eurent des consequences directes aussi bien sur les types de livrets selectionnes (themes, adaptations) que sur les choix musicaux lies a la constitution de la troupe (orchestre, choeur, solistes). Il s'avere que le compositeur, toujours respectueux envers son prince et envers ses interpretes, a puise dans ces imperatifs l'originalite meme de son style d'opera: de la contrainte a la liberte.