You can use this site to access a wide array of informational resources relating to France’s musical heritage of the 19th century. You’ll find articles on people, works and topics authored by musicologists and historians collaborating with Palazzetto Bru Zane.
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Persons
HERVÉ
Hervé [pseudonym of Louis-Auguste-Florimond Ronger].Hervé, composer, librettist, actor, singer, stage director and opera company manager, was the rival – and friend – of Jacques Offenbach. When his fa...
Persons
Paul PIERNÉ
Cousin of the composer and conductor Gabriel Pierné, Paul was born in 1874 in Metz, which at the time was annexed to Germany. He received his first musical training from his father Charles. As Charles...
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Romantic Harp
In early nineteenth-century France, the harp was a very modern instrument, replacing the “baroque” harpsichord and competing with the pianoforte in a quest for “classical” expression.
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