Organization

Festival Palazzetto Bru Zane à Paris

Singer

Tristan Raës

Piano

Pianist

Tenor

Cyrille Dubois

Palazzetto Bru Zane

Songs for the salon

Venezia

Italy

Songs for the salon: Concert

Public

Concert

Approved

We generally speak of “the musical salon” as if it were a coherent space like the theatre stage or the concert hall. But the term covers a whole constellation of places and artistic practices, from the salons of the petite bourgeoisie, where people played for their own entertainment, to those of the aristocracy, which operated on set days as an “open house”, with a regular roster of important guests and prestigious musicians. Women ruled in that world: they entertained, were able to make themselves heard, and they were responsible for inviting and paying for the services of well-known musicians. It is not surprising, therefore, that the musical genres that prevailed in the salons featured among those in which women composers were most active. The selection of mélodies presented here testifies to their success

English

Si parla generalmente “del” salotto musicale come se si trattasse di uno spazio coerente, contrapposto a quelli dei teatri o delle sale da concerto. Tuttavia, dai salotti della piccola borghesia, ove si fa musica per se stessi, ai salotti aristocratici, in cui si riceve con frequenza regolare il gran mondo, questa parola indica un’intera costellazione di luoghi e di pratiche artistiche. Nell’universo dei salotti regnano le donne, che in essi ricevono, possono farsi ascoltare o anche invitare e remunerare musicisti di fama. Non ci si deve dunque stupire se i generi musicali destinati ai salotti siano quelli per cui le compositrici producono di più. Il florilegio di mélodies proposto in questo concerto ce ne dimostra il successo.

italiano

On parle généralement « du » salon musical, comme s’il s’agissait d’un espace cohérent qui s’opposerait à la scène ou au concert. Pourtant, depuis les salons de la petite bourgeoisie – où l’on joue pour soi – jusqu’aux salons aristocratiques où l’on reçoit périodiquement le grand monde, c’est une constellation de lieux et d’usages artistiques qui se cachent sous un même terme. Dans cet univers, les femmes règnent : elles reçoivent, peuvent se faire entendre ou encore s’occuper d’inviter et rémunérer des musiciens de renom. On ne doit donc pas être étonné que les genres musicaux destinés aux salons figurent parmi ceux pour lesquels les compositrices produisent le plus. Le florilège de mélodies proposé dans ce concert nous démontre leur réussite.

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Songs for the salon by Various, From (2023/2023), Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venezia, Italy

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