02223cam a2200337 i 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022010001700063020002500080020002200105035002200127050002500149100002800174245009700202260004000299300002200339490005100361504006300412505024400475520080200719630002201521650003201543650005401575650003501629650003201664830005201696942001201748952011001760999001501870on1142348763OCoLCta210505s2021    enka     b    001 0 eng    a  2020008391  a9780367350178 (hbk.)  a0367350173 (hbk.)  a(OCoLC)1142348763  aML1727.35b.J47 20211 aJerold, Beverly,d1938-10aDisinformation in mass media :bGluck, Piccinni, and the Journal de Paris /cBeverly Jerold.  aAbingdon, Oxon :bRoutledge,c2021.  ax, 134 p. :bill.1 aRoyal Musical Association monographs ;vno. 36  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [vi]-x) and index.0 aThe Cast and Setting -- Arnaud's Correspondence to Italy -- The Journal de Paris on the Offensive -- Libel of La Harpe by Allusion -- The Armide Episode -- Piccinni's Opera and Further Events -- Disinterested Observers -- Profit and Power.  a"The founding in 1777 of the Journal de Paris, France's first daily and distinctly commercial paper, represents an early use of disinformation as a tool for political gain, profit, and societal division. To attract a large readership and bar competition for C. W. Gluck's works at the Paris Opéra, it launched a prolonged campaign of anonymous lies, mockery and defamation against two prominent members of the Académie Française who wished the Opéra to be open to all deserving composers, but lacked a comparable daily forum with which to defend themselves. In this unique episode, music served as a smokescreen for nefarious activity. No musical knowledge is necessary to follow this purely political drama, in which the tactics employed bear a remarkable resemblance to current events"--04aJournal de Paris. 4aGluck-Piccinni controversy. 4aMusical criticismzFrancexHistoryy18th century. 4aOpera zFrance y18th century. 4aOperazItalyy18th century. 0aRoyal Musical Association monographs ;vno. 36.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oML1727.35 .J47 2021pPNLIB21062511r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2698d2698