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Plague and Music in the Renaissance
Remi Chiu
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Description for Plague and Music in the Renaissance
Hardback. This book examines the role of music and music-making in the medical, spiritual and civic management of plague in the Renaissance. Num Pages: 345 pages, 10 b/w illus. 99 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVGD; HBJD; MBX; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Plague, a devastating and recurring affliction throughout the Renaissance, had a major impact on European life. Not only was pestilence a biological problem, but it was also read as a symptom of spiritual degeneracy and it caused widespread social disorder. Assembling a picture of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses to plague from medical, spiritual and civic perspectives, this book uncovers the place of music - whether regarded as an indispensable medicine or a moral poison that exacerbated outbreaks - in the management of the disease. This original musicological approach further reveals how composers responded, in their works, to the ... Read more
Plague, a devastating and recurring affliction throughout the Renaissance, had a major impact on European life. Not only was pestilence a biological problem, but it was also read as a symptom of spiritual degeneracy and it caused widespread social disorder. Assembling a picture of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses to plague from medical, spiritual and civic perspectives, this book uncovers the place of music - whether regarded as an indispensable medicine or a moral poison that exacerbated outbreaks - in the management of the disease. This original musicological approach further reveals how composers responded, in their works, to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
Number of Pages
345
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107109254
SKU
V9781107109254
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Ref
99-1
About Remi Chiu
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.
Reviews for Plague and Music in the Renaissance
'Plague and Music in the Renaissance does a fine job of presenting the pressures that plague put upon medical, theological, and civic understanding. It beautifully outlines the manner in which Saint Sebastian became identified with the plague.' Chadwick Jenkins, Notes '… the book is a very judicious and well-structured study on this otherwise underresearched topic of music in the medical ... Read more