Saint-Amant: Musician
Christopher D. Rolfe
From Saint-Amant and the Theory of 'Ut Pictura Poesis' (1972), pp. 78-92, doi:10.59860/td.c47d2dc
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| Part of the book: Saint-Amant and the Theory of 'Ut Pictura Poesis' Christopher D. Rolfe MHRA Texts and Dissertations 6 Modern Humanities Research Association Abstract. When Saint-Amant maintained, in the preface to Moyse Sauvé, that the poet should be knowledgeable about painting, he also asserted, it will be recalled, that in the interests of poetic harmony he should have a knowledge of music. Now, clearly, to neglect such a crucial remark would falsify our understanding of the poet, or, to put it another way, to merely concentrate our attention on the pictorial qualities in his poetry would certainly prevent a truly comprehensive idea of his intentions and achievements from emerging. In order, therefore, to redress the balance let us now examine the musical elements in Saint-Amant's verse. We know, in fact, that Saint-Amant himself was an accomplished musician and quite renowned amongst his contemporaries for his skill on the lute. Full text. This contribution is published as Open Access and can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as a PDF in your web browser, here: |