Remi Chiu (Loyola University Maryland)

Gebundenes Buch

Plague and Music in the Renaissance

Beschreibung

Using a wide variety of primary sources, this book explores Renaissance musical responses to pestilence. It will fascinate musicologists and historians interested in the role of music in the fight against plague by revealing how medical knowledge, spiritual beliefs and public rituals surrounding the disease informed musical composition.

Autor

Remi Chiu is Assistant Professor of Music at Loyola University Maryland. He specialises in Renaissance music history and has an interest in the history of medicine and disability studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 736g
• ISBN-13: 9781107109254
• ISBN-10: 1107109256
• Artikelnr.: 48859299