Mark Darlow: 1 book
Dissonance in the Republic of Letters
The Querelle Des Gluckistes Et Des Piccinnistes
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"Eighteenth-century French cultural life was often characterised by quarrels, and the arrival of Viennese composer Christoph Willibald Gluck in Paris in 1774 was no exception, sparking a five-year pamphlet and press controversy which featured a rival Neapolitan composer, Niccolo Piccinni. However,...
