Jérôme de La Gorce (born 1951 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

) is a French

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

. He is a specialist in dramatic music and

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

in France in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Career

After having followed a double university course, he defended a thesis dedicated to the "marvelous in the opera under the reign of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

". Director of research at the

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, a member of the (UMR 8150), he also teaches at

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

Publications

*1986: ''

Jean Bérain the Elder Jean Berain the Elder (1640 – 24 January 1711) was a draughtsman and designer, painter and engraver of ornament, the artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi where all the designs originated for court spectacle, from f� ...

, dessinateur du Roi Soleil'', Paris, Herscher *1991: ''

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...

'' (with Sylvette Milliot), Paris,

Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

*1992: ''L'Opéra à Paris au temps de Louis XIV : histoire d'un théâtre'', Desjonquères *1997: ''Féeries d’opéra : décors, machines et costumes en France (1645–1765)'', Paris, éditions du Patrimoine *2002: ''

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he ...

'', Paris, Fayard, *2005: '' Carlo Vigarani, intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV'',''Carlo Vigarani, intendant des plaisirs de Louis XIV''
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References

External links

Entretien avec Jérôme de la Gorce
on Muse Baroque
Jérôme de la Gorce
on

France Musique France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on European classical music, classical music and jazz. Hist ...

Jérôme de la Gorce: ''Les grandes fêtes parisiennes et leur rivalité avec celles de Versailles''
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:La Gorce, Jerome de 1951 births Living people Academic staff of Paris-Sorbonne University 20th-century French musicologists 21st-century French musicologists French art historians Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres