Canons, airs sérieux and airs à boire : a study of the contribution of the eighteenth century French composer and copyist C. de La Serre

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dc.contributor.authorDillon, Teressa
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-09T01:29:48Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.date.available2011-03-09T01:29:48Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractC. de La Serre was a composer, copyist and maître de musique. His known compositions are all airs sérieux and airs à boire, appearing in printed sources and manuscripts between 1716 and 1724. His individual collection, Recueil d’airs nouveaux sérieux et à boire (1724) provides the most complete picture of his achievements as a composer, as it exhibits the largest number of his songs in a single volume. Another side of La Serre’s musical activity is also considered in the present study, as it includes the examination of selections from the manuscript F-CECm/Ms. 282, of which he was the copyist. The distinguishing characteristic of this manuscript is its collection of canons, which may be the largest of its kind. La Serre’s own music is included in F-CECm/Ms. 282, along with airs by composers such as Jean-Baptiste de Bousset, François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau. This thesis places canons, airs sérieux and airs à boire composed by La Serre and other prominent songwriters of the period within the social context of the French Regency, and the context of the genres at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The conventions of verse and music are also considered in relation to specific airs of the printed collection and the manuscript. A catalogue of La Serre’s Recueil d’airs nouveaux sérieux et à boire and the edited selections of F-CECm/Ms. 282 is also included. Volume II comprises a critical edition of La Serre’s 1724 collection and selections from the manuscript.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/2176
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectC. de La Serreen_US
dc.subjectFrench songsen_US
dc.subjectSerious airs (Music)en_US
dc.subjectDrinking songsen_US
dc.subjectFranceen_US
dc.subject18th century musicen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::410000 The Arts::410100 Performing Arts Studies::410101 Music studiesen_US
dc.titleCanons, airs sérieux and airs à boire : a study of the contribution of the eighteenth century French composer and copyist C. de La Serreen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorDillon, Teressa
thesis.degree.disciplineMusicologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorNew Zealand School of Musicen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Music (M.Mus.)en_US
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