Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 presents us with a new major work. It lays out for the first time in any language the fullest discussion of the interactions of music and theatre in seventeenth-century France and of the foundations of the French opera that developed in the second half of the century. It furthermore brings forward important issues in the English language for the first time.

• PART I: MUSIC AND PUBLIC THEATRE IN PARIS; PART II: THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN FRENCH PLAYS; PART III: MUSIC AND THE THEATRE OF MOLIERE

Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 presents us with a new major work. It lays out for the first time in any language the fullest discussion of the interactions of music and theatre in seventeenth-century France and of the foundations of the French opera that developed in the second half of the century. It furthermore brings forward important issues in the English language for the first time.

• PART I: MUSIC AND PUBLIC THEATRE IN PARIS; PART II: THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN FRENCH PLAYS; PART III: MUSIC AND THE THEATRE OF MOLIERE

Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 presents us with a new major work. It lays out for the first time in any language the fullest discussion of the interactions of music and theatre in seventeenth-century France and of the foundations of the French opera that developed in the second half of the century. It furthermore brings forward important issues in the English language for the first time.

• PART I: MUSIC AND PUBLIC THEATRE IN PARIS; PART II: THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN FRENCH PLAYS; PART III: MUSIC AND THE THEATRE OF MOLIERE