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Spirit of the Age

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The first of two programmes on music and artistic tastes during the reign of Louis
XIV. French theorists of the time seem to have regarded music as a means of expressing human emotion and experience. George Pratt and Edward Higginbottom discuss how this aesthetic affected the French Baroque style and the way people listen to the music today. Producer Kate Bolton
See also Thursday 10.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
George Pratt
Unknown:
Edward Higginbottom
Producer:
Kate Bolton
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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