Jérôme de La Gorce (born 1951 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

) is a French

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

. He is a specialist in dramatic music and

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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 LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

". 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; ) was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it m ...

Publications

*1986: '' Jean Bérain the Elder, dessinateur du Roi Soleil'', Paris, Herscher *1991: '' Marin Marais'' (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 Fayar ...

*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 ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

'', 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 classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

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 Research directors of the French National Centre for Scientific Research