Musicology Annotation << Back Rhetoric and «Passions» in the Systhem of French Baroque Organ Music Marina N. Tchebourkina This article is the first one in the cycle devoted to the fundamental categories of French Baroque organ. It deals with analyse of the notions «rhetoric» and «passions» in French musical art as well as closely-related concepts. In the light of M. Mersenne’s and D. Diderot’s propositions the author shows evolution of French «affect’s theory», from the first part of 17th to the end of 18th century, and reveals the essential features of French Baroque organ music. Keywords: Mersenne, Diderot, rhetoric, affects, «passions», organ, French Baroque. E-mail: marina.tchebourkina@dbmail.com www.marina-tchebourkina.com. Pp. 7-17