Bonnie Gordon

Monteverdi's Unruly Women

The Power of Song in Early Modern Italy

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Produktbeschreibung

Uses the music of Monteverdi, written between 1600 1640, to illuminate understandings of music, science, culture and the female body.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521120265
• ISBN-10: 0521120268
• Artikelnr.: 26816101

Autorenporträt

Bonnie Gordon is Assistant Professor of Music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has published on Renaissance music and culture as well as contemporary female song writers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Vocal anatomies: mouths, breath and throats in early modern Italy
2. Back talk: the power of female song on the stage
3. Madrigalian desire: the convergence of love and sex in madrigals
4. Emblazoning Angioletta: musical fantasies and dissection
5. Angry ladies: changing experiences of sensations
Coda.

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Introduction; 1. Vocal anatomies: mouths, breath and throats in early modern Italy; 2. Back talk: the power of female song on the stage; 3. Madrigalian desire: the convergence of love and sex in madrigals; 4. Emblazoning Angioletta: musical fantasies and dissection; 5. Angry ladies: changing experiences of sensations; Coda.

Rezensionen

"This learned, passionate, and provocative book opens new avenues of thought and perspective." Choice