TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - L'harmonica de verre et Miss Davies : essai sur la mécanique du succès au siècle des Lumières
A1  - Traversier, Mélanie, kirjoittaja
LA  - fra
PP  - Paris XIXe
PB  - Éditions du Seuil
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5722319
AB  - A young girl makes her entrance. She sits behind an oblong object supporting about thirty crystal bowls set in order from the largest to the smallest. She wets her hands, then starts rubbing the glasses. The delicately rhythmic friction creates an incredible and striking melody. At the end of the eighteenth century, the "glass harmonica" aroused the enthusiasm of elevated European society, both keen on music and mechanical curiosities, then, almost with the same passion, fear. Should we fear its effects on the nerves? Today her very name is forgotten, as is that of the first performer Mary Ann Davies, long accompanied on song by her sister, Cecilia. The one who developed the instrument, on the other hand, has remained famous since he is none other than Benjamin Franklin. This work invites you to explore the different world of music in the Age of the Enlightenment: artists and their audiences, entertainment entrepreneurs, instrument makers, inventors, scholarly and diplomatic networks.
SN  - 9782021451450 pehmeäkantinen
SN  - 2021451453
KW  - Davies, Mary Ann, : 1743 or 1744-1818.
KW  - Davies, Cecilia, : 1756 or 1757-1836.
KW  - Glass harmonica : Europe : History : 18th century.
KW  - Musical instruments : Construction : Europe : History : 18th century.
KW  - Music : Europe : 18th century : History and criticism.
KW  - Women musicians : Europe : History : 18th century.
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