The Economics of a Festive Policy: Roubaix’s Socialist Municipality, Gustave Charpentier and Le Couronnement de la Muse du Peuple (1924)
In 1924, Gustave Charpentier travelled to Roubaix, in the North of France, to direct a monumental, hybrid outdoor performance of Le Couronnement de la Muse du Peuple, a work he had also composed. For the local officials who had invited him, Charpentier’s show came as the climax of three days of fest...
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Biens Symboliques / Symbolic Goods
2025
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| Gaia: | In 1924, Gustave Charpentier travelled to Roubaix, in the North of France, to direct a monumental, hybrid outdoor performance of Le Couronnement de la Muse du Peuple, a work he had also composed. For the local officials who had invited him, Charpentier’s show came as the climax of three days of festivities that had celebrated and glorified the socialist city. After giving an overview of the broader economy of the municipality’s festive policy, the article proposes a study of the practical rationality of the Couronnement’s performance in Roubaix, shedding light on the motives of the economic actors involved. Le Couronnement de la Muse du Peuple’s trip to Roubaix is analysed as the encounter between the socialist municipality, whose economic rationale involved using the arts to further its political agenda, and an artist who was well versed in the demands of producing a grandiose outdoor show and accustomed to adapting to the host city’s economic constraints. |
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