Monographs, documentaries, academic & scientific works, and bibliographic material. The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles publishes works on French baroque music in association with French and European publishers. Most of these books accompany CMBV research projects.
Learn: compilations, books, documentaries
The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles co-publishes collections of articles (Le Concert des Muses - promenade musicale dans le baroque) and works on the life and times of composers (Regards sur la musique, collection published by Mardaga, as well as historical documentaries about operas (Livret, étude et commentaire, published by Mardaga) giving a wide audience insights into 17th and 18th century French music.
These works are all co-publications (with publishers Klincksieck, Mardaga, Olms, Brepols, the Ecole Nationale des Chartes) and may be purchased from the CMBV online boutique.
Refine: scientific studies
The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles co-publishes academic essays on music venues, musical and poetic genres, monographs about composers, librettists, arts patrons, etc.
References: bibliographic material
The first objective in research is to simplify access to existing documents and references via inventory catalogues or bibliographies. The Centre de musique baroque de Versailles has a host of research material, including composer and repertoire catalogues, details of collection contents and publisher inventories.