The civic muse :: music and musicians in Siena during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance /

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, poli...

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1. Verfasser: D'Accone, Frank A.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
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Zusammenfassung: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 mu.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 862 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 799-817) and index.
ISBN:0226133680
9780226133683
9780226133669
0226133664
1281223271
9781281223272
9786611223274
6611223274

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