Yossi Maurey (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Medieval Music, Legend, and the Cult of St Martin

The Local Foundations of a Universal Saint

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Produktbeschreibung

The first study to explore the music of St Martin's cult and its influence upon medieval religion, art and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 175mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9781107060951
• ISBN-10: 1107060958
• Artikelnr.: 41152237

Autorenporträt

Yossi Maurey has served as Lecturer in the Department of Musicology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2008. He holds a PhD (2005) in musicology from the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The focal point of the cult: St Martin's Church in Tours
2. Universal and local foundations of Martin's cult
3. The musical articulation of St Martin in Tours
4. Competing with success: sharing the aura of St Martin in Tours
5. From pacifist to knight: late-medieval appropriations of St Martin
Afterword
Appendices: A. The 1141 miracle account for Martin's July 4 feast (BMT 1294, p. 221)
B. Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 159, the calendar.