Beginning with the simple question; "Why did audiences grow silent?" Listening in Paris gives a spectators-eye view of opera and concert life from the Old Regime to the Romantic era; describing the transformation in musical experience from social event to profound aesthetic encounter. James H. Johnson recreates the experience of audiences during these rich decades with brio and wit. Woven into the narrative is an analysis of the political; musical; and aesthetic factors that produced more engaged listening. Johnson shows the gradual pacification of audiences from loud and unruly listeners to the attentive public we know today.Drawing from a wide range of sourcesmdash;novels; memoirs; police files; personal correspondence; newspaper reviews; architectural plans; and the likemdash;Johnson brings the performances to life: the hubbub of eighteenth-century opera; the exuberance of Revolutionary audiences; Napoleons musical authoritarianism; the bourgeoisies polite consideration. He singles out the music of Gluck; Haydn; Rossini; and Beethoven as especially important in forging new ways of hearing. This books theoretical edge will appeal to cultural and intellectual historians in many fields and periods.
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