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

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dc.contributor.advisorBailey, Walter B.
dc.creatorCollins, Willa J.
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:51:16Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:51:16Z
dc.date.issued2001
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.
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS MUSIC 2001 COLLINS
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>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17410
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectDance
dc.subjectMusic
dc.titleHistorical perspectives on Adolphe Adam's "Le Diable a quatre"
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thesis.degree.departmentMusic
thesis.degree.disciplineMusic
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Music
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