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The relationship between gesture, affect and rhythmic freedom in the performance of French tragic opera from Lully to Rameau

Jed Wentz

In his dissertation Jed Wentz investigates the repertoire of the tragédie en musique. His intent has been to examine how expressive modifications of the basic rhythmic pulse could have been related to the use of gesture on stage and to the theory of the affects that was prevalent in the medical philosophy of the time. 

Keywords: baroque dance, baroque gesture, historical acting techniques, rhythmic freedom, tragédie en musique, transverse flute