Marie Antoinette aka Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna von Habsburg-Lothringen (November 2, 1755 - October 16, 1793) was born an Archduchess of Austria, and later became Queen of France and Navarre. I am wanting to know what songs she may have listened to during her life. I know that she was an opera fan and was a patron of the composer Gl眉ck (her music teacher). I have also read that she played the harp and harpsichord. My question is - What are some specific songs Marie Antoinette may have listened to? I am interested in listening to some specific examples.
What are some songs that Marie Antoinette may have listened to?home theater Marie Antoinette was a great opera fan, so she must have appreciated the excellent acoustics of the Royal Opera Hall. She brought with her from Vienna a love for music that was meant to appeal to the heart, in stark contrast to French music, whose emphasis on harmony appealed more to the listener's head.
Marie Antoinette was a major champion and patron of the composer Gl眉ck, whose operas had audiences in both Paris and Versailles in tears. Despite or perhaps because of the popularity of the new music, Marie Antoinette's association with this foreign influence was used against her by enemies at court, who blamed her for the German music that stole the hearts of the French public.
Stage Works (From Wikipedia.org)
Artaserse, Milan 26 December 1741
Demetrio, Venice 2 May 1742
Demofoonte, Milan 6 January 1743
Tigrane, Crema 26 September 1743
Sofonisba (or Siface), Milan 18 January 1744
La finta schiava Venice 13 May 1744
Ipermestra, Venice 21 November 1744
Poro, Turin 26 December 1744
Ippolito, Milan 31 January 1745
La caduta de' Giganti Haymarket Theatre, London 7 January 1746
Artamene, Haymarket Theatre, London 4 March 1746
Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe Pillnitz 29 June 1747
La Semiramide riconosciuta, Aachen 5 May 1748
La contesa de' Numi Charlottenburg 9 April 1749
Ezio Prague 26 December 1749
Issipile Prague 1751-1752
La clemenza di Tito, Naples 4 November 1752
Le Cinesi, Vienna, 24 September 1754
La Danza, Vienna, 5 May 1755
L'innocenza giustificata, Vienna, 8 December 1755
Antigono, Rome, 9 February 1756
Il r猫 pastore, Vienna, 8 December 1756
La fausse esclave, Vienna, 8 January 1758
L'ile de Merlin, ou Le monde renvers茅, Vienna, 3 October 1758
La Cyth猫re assi茅g茅e, Vienna, early 1759
Le diable 脿 quatre, ou La double m茅tamorphose 1759
L'arbre enchant茅, ou Le tuteur dup茅 1759
L'ivrogne corrig茅, Vienna, April 1760
Tetide, Vienna, 10 October 1760
Don Juan (ballet), Vienna, 17 October 1761
Le cadi dup茅, Vienna, 9 December 1761
Orfeo ed Euridice, Vienna 5 October 1762, revised Paris 2 August 1774, score
Il trionfo di Clelia, Bologna, 14 May 1763
La rencontre impr茅vue, Vienna, 7 January 1764
Il Parnaso Confuso, Vienna, 24 January 1765
Telemaco, o sia l'isola di Circe, Vienna, 30 January 1765
La Corona (unperformed, planned for 4 October 1765)
Il Prologo, 1767 (introductory music for an opera by Traetta)
Alceste, Vienna 26 December 1767, revised Paris 23 April 1776, score
Le Feste d'Apollo, Parma, 24 August 1769
Paride ed Elena, Vienna 3 November 1770
Iphig茅nie en Aulide, Paris 19 April 1774, score
Armide, Paris 23 September 1777, score
Iphig茅nie en Tauride, Paris 18 May 1779
Echo et Narcisse, Paris 24 September 1779, score
What are some songs that Marie Antoinette may have listened to?comedy club opera theater
I think her favorite song is "You Really Got Me" by Van Halen. But she also likes jazz a lot, so you'd find a lot of Norah Jones in her iPod.
She's also into new wave music like Indochine, but only when she's drunk.