Richard Wistreich

Warrior, Courtier, Singer (eBook, ePUB)

Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Giulio Cesare Brancaccio was a Neapolitan nobleman with long practical experience of military life. He was also a virtuoso bass singer whose performances were praised by both Tasso and Guarini. Richard Wistreich examines Brancaccio's life in detail and considers the mental and social world of a warrior and courtier with musical skills in a broader context. He also illustrates the use of music in the process of 'self-fashioning' and the role of performance of all kinds in the construction of male noble identity within court culture, including the nature and currency of honour, chivalric virtù and sixteenth-century notions of gender and virility in relation to musical performance

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317000273
• Artikelnr.: 44782652

Autorenporträt

Richard Wistreich, Director of Research, Royal College of Music, London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Part 1 Identity of a Performer: Napolitano y de buena casta
Sieur Jule Brancasse, gentilhomme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy
Il più veterano tra' soldati. Part 2 Bass Song: Il basso del Brancazio
Per basso solo
Basso alla bastarda. Part 3 Performance of Identity: Poco preggio di soldato, ma anche di Corteggiano
Tra novelle sirene
Canti in dolce tenzon. Appendices
Bibliography
Index.