List of illustrations and note on translations; List of music examples; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: music in the present tense; 1. 1824: deciphering hyperbole: Stendhal's Vie de Rossini; 2. 1825: 'Quelque peu théâtral': the operatic coronation of Charles X; 3. 1826: 'Les Grecs sont français': musical philhellenism in Paris; 4. 1827: dying for music: Rossini and Moïse; 5. 1828: the discovery of the 'twin styles'; 6. 1829: looking for the Revolution in Guillaume Tell; Epilogue: 1830: beyond the Rossinian Moment; Bibliography; Index.

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A study of the hugely successful operas of Gioachino Rossini in 1820s Paris.

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