L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane

In the 1980s, opera houses began commissioning contemporary composers for operas for young audiences. Faced with this kind of audience, which is often idealised (by childhood memories and commonplaces), the creators began to question the reception of their work. In order to ensure that a child’s fir...

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Main Author: Theresa Schmitz
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Language:English
Published: Éditions de l'EHESS 2012-05-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/319
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description In the 1980s, opera houses began commissioning contemporary composers for operas for young audiences. Faced with this kind of audience, which is often idealised (by childhood memories and commonplaces), the creators began to question the reception of their work. In order to ensure that a child’s first impression of the lyrical genre be a positive one, they all, without exception, develop seduction strategies. However, the children’s reactions collected in this study show that they are not so easy to seduce.
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L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
Transposition
contemporary music
compositional strategies
children’s opera
reception
child
title L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
title_full L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
title_fullStr L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
title_full_unstemmed L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
title_short L’opéra jeune public. Stratégies compositionnelles pour transformer l’enfant-spectateur en mélomane
title_sort l opera jeune public strategies compositionnelles pour transformer l enfant spectateur en melomane
topic contemporary music
compositional strategies
children’s opera
reception
child
url https://journals.openedition.org/transposition/319
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