Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique

Somewhat sacrificed during the religious wars, the artistic and musical court life bloomed after peace returned. Nevertheless, the era of the civil wars was not entirely devoid of music. Songs and court ballets, alternately vehicles of the fervor among Catholics and Protestants, or actual media of t...

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Main Author: Cindy Pédelaborde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UMR 5136- France, Amériques, Espagne – Sociétés, Pouvoirs, Acteurs (FRAMESPA) 2012-12-01
Series:Les Cahiers de Framespa
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/1821
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description Somewhat sacrificed during the religious wars, the artistic and musical court life bloomed after peace returned. Nevertheless, the era of the civil wars was not entirely devoid of music. Songs and court ballets, alternately vehicles of the fervor among Catholics and Protestants, or actual media of the period, developed. Music also served to strengthen the monarchic power, spreading the royalist images which depicted Henri IV as Mars or Hercules, as the glorious pacifying king (bringing down the evil League personified in the figure of Circe, the ogress Medea or Alcina), as the French Perseus liberating his sacrificed people from the yoke of Spain, or adorn him with Appolo's attributes –holding the lyre and surrounded by a sun halo.
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Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
Les Cahiers de Framespa
Henri IV
royalist songs
court ballets
political propaganda
religious wars
title Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
title_full Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
title_fullStr Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
title_full_unstemmed Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
title_short Henri IV à la reconquête du royaume de France : les légendes en faveur du premier roi Bourbon, en musique
title_sort henri iv a la reconquete du royaume de france les legendes en faveur du premier roi bourbon en musique
topic Henri IV
royalist songs
court ballets
political propaganda
religious wars
url https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/1821
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