Mirrors of Heaven or Worldly Theaters?
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-025912-9 (ISBN)
Mirrors of Heaven or Worldly Theaters? Venetian Nunneries and Their Music explores the dynamic role of music performance and patronage in the convents of Venice and its lagoon from the sixteenth century to the fall of Venice around 1800. Examining sacred music performed by the nuns themselves and by professional musicians they employed, author Jonathan E. Glixon considers the nuns as collective patrons, of both musical performances by professionals in their external churches-primarily for the annual feast of the patron saint, a notable attraction for both Venetians and foreign visitors-and of musical instruments, namely organs and bells. The book explores the rituals and accompanying music for the transitions in a nun's life, most importantly the ceremonies through which she moved from the outside world to the cloister, as well as liturgical music within the cloister, performed by the nuns themselves, from chant to simple polyphony, and the rare occasions where more elaborate music can be documented. Also considered are the teaching of music to both nuns and girls resident in convents as boarding students, and entertainment-musical and theatrical-by and for the nuns. Mirrors of Heaven, the first large-scale study of its kind, contains richly detailed appendices featuring a calendar of musical events at Venetian nunneries, details on nunnery organs, lists of teachers, and inventories of musical and ceremonial books, both manuscript and printed. A companion website supplements the book's musical examples with editions of complete musical works, which are brought to life with accompanying audio files.
Jonathan E. Glixon is Professor of Musicology, University Research Professor, and Provost's Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Kentucky. He received his PhD in Musicology from Princeton, and has published two books with Oxford University Press: Honoring God and the City: Music at the Venetian Confraternities, 1260-1807 (2003), and, with Beth L. Glixon, Inventing the Business of Opera: The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth-Century Venice (2006).
Acknowledgments
Notes on Transcriptions, Terminology, and the Venetian Monetary System
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nuns of Venice and its Lagoon
Chapter 2 Public Liturgy: Professional Male Musicians in the Exterior Church
Chapter 3 Necessary Ornaments: Organs and Bells
Chapter 4 Transitions: Clothing Ceremonies, Professions, Consecrations, and Funerals
Chapter 5 Daily Offices and More: The Nuns in the Interior Church
Chapter 6 The Porous Grate: Teaching Music in Church and Parlor
Chapter 7 A Virtuous Recreation? Musical and Theatrical Entertainments for and by the Nuns
Chapter 8 Conclusions and Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendices
Appendix 1: Documents
Appendix 2: Brief Histories of the Nunneries of Venice and its Lagoon
Appendix 3: A Calendar of Religious Observances at Venetian Nunneries
Appendix 4: Religious Functions of Confraternities in Nunnery Churches
Appendix 5: Organs in Venetian Nunnery Churches
Appendix 6: References to Music at Monacations in Palade Veneta and the Gradenigo Diaries
Appendix 7: Inventory of Versetti for Venetian nuns
Appendix 8: Publications in Honor of Nuns (excluding monacations)
Appendix 9: Liturgical Books, Rules, and Ordini for Venetian Nunneries
Appendix 10: Mass Ordinaries in the San Lorenzo 1542 Processional
Appendix 11: Teachers of Nuns and Educande
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.10.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 52 line, 9 halftone, 1 combo |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 239 x 163 mm |
| Gewicht | 760 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-025912-4 / 0190259124 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-025912-9 / 9780190259129 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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