The civic muse. Music and musicians in siena during the middle ages and the renaissance
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
España peninsular
- Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
- ISBN13 9780226133669
- ISBN10 0226133664
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 862
- Año de Edición 1996
- Encuadernación Tela
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Historia Y Teoría MusicalThe civic muse. Music and musicians in siena during the middle ages and the renaissance
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
Siena, blessed with neither the aristocratic nor the ecclesiastical patronage enjoyed by music in other northern Italian centers like Florence, nevertheless attracted first-rate composers and performers from all over Europe. As Frank A. D'Accone shows in this scrupulously documented study, policies developed by the town to favor the common good formed the basis of Siena's ambitious musical programs.
Based on decades of research in the town's archives, D'Accone's The Civic Muse brilliantly illuminates both the sacred and the secular aspects of more than three centuries of music and music-making in Siena. After detailing the history of music and liturgy at Siena's famous cathedral and of civic music at the Palazzo Pubblico, D'Accone describes the crucial role that music played in the daily life of the town, from public festivities for foreign dignitaries to private musical instruction. Putting Siena squarely on the Renaissance musical map, D'Accone's monumental study will interest both musicologists and historians of the Italian Renaissance.
includes musical examples
color and b&w plates illustrate sites and sources of musical performances
Frank A. D'Accone is professor emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of The History of a Baroque Opera: Alessandro Scarlatti's Gli Equivoci Nel Sembiante, and is editor of the series Music of the Florentine Renaissance.