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The SaintSimonians whose movement flourished in France between 1825 and 1835are widely recognized for their contributions to history and social thought.Until now however no full account has been made of the central role of thearts in their program. In this skillful interdisciplinary study Ralph P. Lockedescribes and documents the SaintSimonians view of music as an ideologicaltool and the influence of this view on musical figures of the day.The disciples of Claude Henri de Rouvroy comte de SaintSimon believed thatincreased industrial production would play a crucial role in improving thecondition of the working masses and in shifting power from the aristocraticdrones to the enterprising men of talent then rising in the French middleclass. As a powerful means of winning support for their views music became anintegral part of the SaintSimonians writings and ceremonial activities.Among the musicians Locke discusses are Berlioz Liszt and Mendelssohn whosetangential association with the SaintSimonians reveals new aspects of theirsocial and aesthetic views. Other musicians became the SaintSimoniansfaithful followers among them Jules Vincard Dominique TajanRoge andparticularly Felicien David the movements principal composer. Many of thesecomposers works reconstructed by Locke from authentic sources are printedhere including the Premier Chant des industriels written at SaintSimonsrequest by Rouget de Lisle composer of the Marseillaise. «
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