Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique

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Like many of the operas created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, his favorite librettist, Phaëton is filled with solar symbolism--a reference to the "Sun King," Louis XIV. The story also provides a political lesson: the haughty youth unable to contend with his position of power served as a warning to anyone brash enough to challenge the rigid mores of Louis' court. In addition to this political interpretation, the story is also a character study of a reckless juvenile whose arrogance destroys him. Phaëton's misguided and inappropriate attempts to make his lineage public bring about his downfall. The plot, … continued below

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1 score (viii, lxvi, 275 p.) ; 37 cm.

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Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688 1683.

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  • Main Title: Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique
  • Uniform Title: Phaëton
  • Added Title: Metamorphoses

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Like many of the operas created by composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and Philippe Quinault, his favorite librettist, Phaëton is filled with solar symbolism--a reference to the "Sun King," Louis XIV. The story also provides a political lesson: the haughty youth unable to contend with his position of power served as a warning to anyone brash enough to challenge the rigid mores of Louis' court. In addition to this political interpretation, the story is also a character study of a reckless juvenile whose arrogance destroys him. Phaëton's misguided and inappropriate attempts to make his lineage public bring about his downfall. The plot, like that of several of Lully's operas, is based on an episode in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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1 score (viii, lxvi, 275 p.) ; 37 cm.

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  • UNT Catalog No.: b2096332 | View in Discover
  • OCLC: 21846680
  • Other: LWV 61
  • Call Number: M1500.L95 P52 1683
  • RISM No.: RISM A/I, L 3002
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc61

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Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687 & Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688. Phaëton : tragédie mise en musique, score, 1683; Paris. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc61/: accessed October 3, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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