Holy Concord within Sacred Walls : Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575-1700
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195132955
ISBN-13
9780195132953
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Jan 10th, 2002
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
617 grams
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16.70 x 24.00 x 2.50 cms
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'Holy Chord Within Sacred Walls' examines musical culture both inside and outside 17th-century Sienese convents. The nuns produced motets, lamentations, theatrical plays and even an opera. As a result, the convent became an important cultural centre in Siena that enjoyed the support and encouragement of its clergy and lay community.
This volume examines musical culture both inside and outside seventeenth-century Sienese convents. In contrast to earlier studies of Italian convent music, this book draws upon archival sources to reconstruct an ecclesiastical culture that celebrated music internally and shared music freely with the community outside convent walls. Colleen Reardon argues that cloistered women in Siena enjoyed a significant degree of freedom to engage in musical pursuits. The nuns produced a remarkable body of work including motets, lamentations, theatrical plays and even an opera. As a result, the convent became an important cultural centre in Siena that enjoyed the support and encouragement of its clergy and lay community.
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