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035			_a(OCoLC)1142348763
050			_aML1727.35 _b.J47 2021
100	1		_aJerold, Beverly, _d1938-
245	1	0	_aDisinformation in mass media : _bGluck, Piccinni, and the Journal de Paris / _cBeverly Jerold.
260			_aAbingdon, Oxon : _bRoutledge, _c2021.
300			_ax, 134 p. : _bill.
490	1		_aRoyal Musical Association monographs ; _vno. 36
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [vi]-x) and index.
505	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.
520			_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"--
630	0	4	_aJournal de Paris.
650		4	_aGluck-Piccinni controversy.
650		4	_aMusical criticism _zFrance _xHistory _y18th century.
650		4	_aOpera _zFrance _y18th century.
650		4	_aOpera _zItaly _y18th century.
830		0	_aRoyal Musical Association monographs ; _vno. 36.
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