Georgia J. Cowart is professor of music at Case Western Reserve University.
"One of the great strengths of Cowart's book is precisely its
chronological scope. . . . Cowart's reach, combined with her
considerable erudition and meticulous scholarship, allows her to
make some very suggestive parallels between works that might
otherwise have passed unnoticed."-- "Times Literary Supplement"
"A subtle, distinguished, and learned work. Through her careful,
succinct descriptions and analyses of the dance and its place in
the f�tes at Louis XIV's court, Georgia Cowart elucidates a
fundamental shift from the emphasis on the bombastic,
glory-obsessed celebrations of war and conquest for the Sun King to
performances that stressed the virtues of peace, sensual pleasure,
and more private lifestyles. Well-researched and elegantly written,
The Triumph of Pleasure will be welcomed by readers interested in
elite and courtly cultures and by scholars who study the history of
dance, music, and art."--Orest Ranum, Johns Hopkins University
"The Triumph of Pleasure is a splendid addition to the literature
on French baroque music. Cowart makes a strong argument for her
position that many works from the late seventeenth and early
eighteenth centuries constitute an unofficial counterculture,
diametrically opposed to the official court culture in the later
years of Louis XIV's reign. Her knowledge of a very wide range of
works that are generally unknown even to specialists in this area
throws much light on this vast topic. This fascinating and subtle
study continues to resonate in the mind long after
reading."--Davitt Moroney, University of California, Berkeley
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