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17 février 2013
- handle: 10670/1.sthfn7
- isbn: 9781906924164
- eisbn: 9781906924171
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Jann Pasler, « 24. Politics, Biblical Debates, and French Dramatic Music on Judith after 1870 », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.sthfn7
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Note portant sur l'auteur * In late-nineteenth-century France, composers were drawn to exploring musical images of female strength. In the visual arts, painters depicted Judith as predatory femme fatale, associating her with feminine evil. In French dramatic music of the 1870s, however, it was not her hateful betrayals that appealed. Indeed, in the wake of French defeat by Prussia, Judith emerged as a model to emulate both for her faith in God and her willingness to risk her life for her coun...