Jerold, Beverly,  1938- <br/><br/>
Disinformation in mass media :  Gluck, Piccinni, and the Journal de Paris / 
Beverly Jerold. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon :  Routledge,  2021. 
 - x, 134 p. :  ill. 
 - Royal Musical Association monographs ;  no. 36 .
 - Royal Musical Association monographs ;  no. 36. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [vi]-x) and index. 
<br/><br/>The 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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367350178 (hbk.) 0367350173 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020008391 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Journal de Paris.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gluck-Piccinni controversy.<br/>Musical criticism--History--France--18th century.<br/>Opera --France --18th century.<br/>Opera--Italy--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML1727.35  / .J47 2021