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[email protected] LE PIANISTE: PARISIAN MUSIC JOURNALISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE PIANO, 1833–35 By SHAENA B. WEITZ A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York Graduate Center 2016 ii © 2016 SHAENA B. WEITZ All Rights Reserved iii LE PIANISTE: PARISIAN MUSIC JOURNALISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE PIANO, 1833–35 By SHAENA B. WEITZ This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Musicology to satisfy the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Janette Tilley ___________________ ____________________________________ Date Chair of Examining Committee Norman Carey ___________________ ____________________________________ Date Executive Officer Anne Stone Richard Kramer Dana Gooley Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iv Abstract LE PIANISTE: PARISIAN MUSIC JOURNALISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE PIANO, 1833–35 By Shaena B. Weitz Advisor: Anne Stone This dissertation examines the French music journal entitled Le Pianiste, published in Paris from 1833 to 1835.