Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables and Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Note to the Reader: A Few Terms xxi
7. Chapter One. Introduction: Music and the Story 1
8. Chapter Two. A Family Resemblance 19
9. Chapter Three. The Lighter Tone of Ballet-Pantomime 59
10. Chapter Four. Ballet-Pantomime and Silent Language 97
11. Chapter Five. Hybrid Works at the Opéra 124
12. Chapter Six. Giselle 167
13. Appendix One. Ballet-Pantomimes and Operas Produced at the Paris Opera, 1825 -1850 201
14. Appendix Two. The Giselle Libretto 213
15. Appendix Three. Sources for Musical Examples 239
16. Notes 241
17. Index 301