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Musique et écriture chez Stendhal : autour de la Vie de Rossini : Stendhal et la musique

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1995

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Paris 4

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Literature

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Abstract EN:

Writing about music holds a prime position in stendhal's works. On the one hand, the musical polemic is one face of the romantic polemic. Transporting the arguments of the "bouffons" to within his own time, beyle champions the promotion of the new art. On the other hand, his writing on music are fundamental milestones toward creation. His "vies" of musicians are pseudo-biographies; they constitute in reality the first attemps towards autobiographical writing. Similarly they enabled the future creator to fashion his means of expression, to develop his thougts on inspiration and to gain acess to the art of writing. Finally the "dilettante" discurdly gave a more accurate view of his image; less sectarian than ha was believed to be - or than he described himself, beyle-stendhal manifests an openmindedness of taste which is closely linked to his concept of happiness. His musical pantheon is a reflection of the aesthetic standards of the future novelist.

Abstract FR:

L'ecriture sur la musqiue occupe chez stendhal une place considerable. D'une part, la polemique musicale est l'un des versants de la polemique romantique. Beyle, transposant les arguments des bouffons a la situation de son epoque, combat pour la promotion de l'art nouveau. D'autre part, les ecrits sur la musique representent des jalons essentiels vers la creation. Les vies de musiciens sont des pseudo-biographies; elles constituent en realite, les premieres tentatives d'ecriture autobiographique. Elles sont egalement permis au futur createur de forger ses moyens d'expression, de developper sa reflexion sur le genie, d'acceder a l'ecriture. Le dilettante enfin, meritait que l'on cernat mieux son image; moins sectaire qu'on ne l'a cru - et qu'il ne l'a dit, beyle-stendhal manifeste une ouverture de gout qui est intimement liee a sa conception du bonheur. Son pantheon musical est le reflet des exigences esthetiques du futur romancier.