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Embracing Cupid's sting: a performance guide and scholarly edition of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault's L'Amour piqué par une abeille

Westerfield, Landon Webb

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Title
Embracing Cupid's sting: a performance guide and scholarly edition of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault's L'Amour piqué par une abeille
Author(s)
Westerfield, Landon Webb
Issue Date
2023
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Moersch, Charlotte Mattax
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Redman, Yvonne
Committee Member(s)
  • Solya, Andrea
  • Robinson, Dana
  • Wolf, Joyce Hall
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Keyword(s)
  • L'amour piqué par une abeille
  • Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
  • Baroque
  • Performance guide
  • French Baroque ornamentation
Language
eng
Abstract
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault was one of the most influential composers of early eighteenth-century French cantatas. A pivotal work, L’Amour piqué par une Abeille, is significant because it was composed between the musical reign of Lully and Rameau. During this time, taste evolved to integrate musical characteristics from both French and Italian national styles. L’Amour piqué une abeille was one of Clérambault’s first attempts to meld these two distinct national styles within the context of the cantata genre. Identification of these traits, along with historical investigation, contextualization within national musical trends, and discussion of contemporary performance practices provides the backdrop for a critical commentary and an edition of Clérambault’s cantata, with the aim of guiding today’s performers toward a historically based interpretation.
Type of Resource
text
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2023 Landon Webb Westerfield

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