Music and the making of medieval Venice

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 11 April, 2025 - 11:12

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Reuland, Jamie L.,

Source:

Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, United States, p.xx, 280 pages : (2024)

Call Number:

ML290.2

Keywords:

500-1400, 500-1400., Catholic Church, Church music, Église catholique, fast, Histoire et critique., History and criticism., Italie, Italy, Music, Musique, Musique d'église

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. An Audible Empire. Echoes of Empire : The Laudes in Medieval Venetian Crete ; Unsilenced Archives : Icons, Advocates, and the Akathistos Hymn -- Part II. The Fictive City. Singing Effigies : An Annunciation Drama for the Festa delle Marie -- Part III. Relics and the Horizons of Musical Representation. Narrative Fragments : Vespers for the Apparition of Saint Mark's Relics ; History Lessons : Matins for the Apparition of Saint Mark's Relics ; Sound Documents : The Midcentury Chancery Motet -- Epilogue."Introducing a new geographical paradigm for the study of medieval music, this path-breaking book uncovers the role of music, liturgy, and ritual in building Venice's empire in the eastern Mediterranean, activating the city's material culture, and shaping its state-craft of the imagination"--