Conférence UTLMO : Marie-Antoinette et la musique

A lecture by Patrick Barbier, music historian and winner of the Château de Versailles history book prize.
Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun - Marie-Antoinette dit « à la Rose »

Dates & opening times

Open the 03/02/2025 as of 15:00 to 17:00

Descriptif

Few women have aroused passions to such an extent, prompted the most contradictory commentaries and prompted so many biographies. Marie-Antoinette is not a queen like the others, and we are tending to rediscover her today under lesser-known aspects. For the first time, Patrick Barbier looks at the strong links she maintained with music: her studies in Vienna, her discovery of the French musical world, her passion for the harp, the pianoforte and singing, but also for opera and opéra-comique. Her unstinting support for performances at court and in Paris marked her determination to internationalize a repertoire that had hitherto been very Franco-centric.

From her arrival at the age of 14 to the dark days of the Tuileries, we discover the important role she played in the cultural society of the late 18th century, her links with theater audiences and artists alike, and the influence she exerted on the evolution of the repertoire and the technical progress of instruments.

In a cross-disciplinary study that brings together music and the arts, as well as politics, society and anecdotes from daily life, Patrick Barbier offers a fresh look at the most music-loving and musical queen patron in French history.

Tracking

Conférence UTLMO : Marie-Antoinette et la musique Cinéma l'Eldorado5 rue de la République17310, Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron

Itinerary

Characteristics

Languages
French
Disability access
Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Site, building totally accessible
Payment method
Check
Cash
Type
Cultural
Themes
Historic
Classical music
Categories
Conference

Charges

From 03/02/2025 to 03/02/2025
Full price
8€
Reduced price
6€

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