Musicology Annotation << Back The Phenomenon of «naturalism» in French Art of the last third of the 19th century, Or «The Case» of Rescuing France Julia V. Lobova The paper deals with the phenomenon of naturalism in the French art of the last third of the 19th century. Naturalism is shown as the social project with the purpose to rescue France. The author observes the problem of genesis and sense of the term «naturalism» according the great French writer Émile Zola and studies some attempts of Zola’s contemporaries to project the term of «naturalism» on the sphere of musical theatre. The author examines some operas of French composers Gustave Charpentier and ­Alfred Bruneau in the light of naturalistic aesthetics. Keywords: Émile Zola, Gustave Charpentier, Alfred Bruneau, naturalism, opera. E-mail: ulyatti@yandex.ru. Pp. 31-37