Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Keele University
Chapter title
Combattants, reines et collaborateurs: religion, politique et images de la France
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Symetrie
Book title
Musique, art et religion dans l'entre-deux-guerres
ISBN of book
9782914373500
Year of publication
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher and Milhaud’s Esther de Carpentras were premiered on the eve of World War II. The chapter examines the reception of Jeanne d’Arc before and during WWII, showing how Joan of Arc’s symbolic status enabled the work to appeal equally to the Front Populaire, fascists and audiences in free and occupied zones. Milhaud’s opera placed the Old Testament Queen Esther in Provence; however, its message of religious tolerance and unity was barely noticed. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and writings, the chapter considers how Honegger, Claudel and Milhaud addressed music’s ability to respond to political crisis.
