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The 1946 production of The Fairy Queen in Covent Garden: 'A Triumph of British music and Stagecraft'?
Aymes-stokes Sophiesubject
[SHS.MUSIQ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Musicology and performing arts[SHS.MUSIQ]Humanities and Social Sciences/Musicology and performing artsarts scéniques anglais néo-romantisme renouveau musical[ SHS.MUSIQ ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Musicology and performing arts[SHS.ART] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history[SHS.ART]Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history[ SHS.ART ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art historydescription
The 1946 production of Henry Purcell's Fairy Queen in Covent Garden was staged to mark the beginning of a new musical era. It was based on the unity of music, ballet and design, the symbol of an ideal social cohesion notably fostered by state patronage, and the partnership between Constant Lambert, Michael Ayrton and Frédérick Ashton was informed by the aesthetic agenda of the Romantic Moderns. However the failure to convey a successful sense of harmony reflects the tensions inherent to this transitional period.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2013-01-01 |