composers opera 2 20th century music 1 Britten, Benjamin 1 Charles Palissot de Montenoy 1 Diderot, Denis 1 History 1 Jean-Philippe Rameau 1 Modernism (Music) 1 Music 1 Nephews 1 Opera 1 Philosophy and esthetics 1 Rameau's Nephew 1 Satire, French 1 aesthetic oppositions 1 aesthetics 1 audiences 1 benjamin britten 1 consonance 1 critics 1 cultural hierarchies 1 denis diderot 1 dialogue 1 great divide 1 historiography 1 lyricism 1 mass culture 1 mid century discussions 1 modernism 1