Historical perspectives on Adolphe Adam's "Le Diable a quatre"

dc.contributor.advisorBailey, Walter B.en_US
dc.creatorCollins, Willa J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:51:16Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:51:16Zen_US
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.description.abstractComposer Adolphe Adam is typically recognized and acknowledged only through Giselle, his most famous ballet. However, Adam's ninth ballet, Le Diable a quatre, though rarely remembered, is also a historically significant work. At the time of its premier in 1845, the story of this morality-comedy had been familiar to the Parisian public for nearly a century. Yet despite its "unromantic" qualities, Le Diable a quatre surpassed some of its contemporaries in longevity and remained in the Opera's repertory for a substantial period of time. In this study I offer a comparison of Le Diable a quatre with contemporary ballets, focusing on several historical perspectives and on critical and popular aesthetics of ballet and ballet music. Additionally, I include an overview of the score of Le Diable a quatre, a discussion of the historical significance of national dance in the Romantic ballet, and a discussion of Adam's significance within the musical canon.en_US
dc.format.extent135 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS MUSIC 2001 COLLINSen_US
dc.identifier.citationCollins, Willa J.. "Historical perspectives on Adolphe Adam's "Le Diable a quatre"." (2001) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17410">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17410</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17410en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectDanceen_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.titleHistorical perspectives on Adolphe Adam's "Le Diable a quatre"en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentMusicen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Musicen_US
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