Description
| Product ID: | 9780226822785 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 |
| Subtitle: | From the Priorate of the Guilds to the End of the Medici Grand Duchy |
| Authors: | Author: Anthony M. Cummings |
| Page Count: | 456 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Western "classical" music, Art music, orchestral and formal music, European history, Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830), European history, Italy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A comprehensive account of music in Florence from the late Middle Ages until the end of the Medici dynasty in the mid-eighteenth century. Florence is justly celebrated as one of the world’s most important cities. It enjoys mythic status and occupies an enviable place in the historical imagination. But its musico-historical importance is not as well understood as it should be. If Florence was the city of Dante, Michelangelo, and Galileo, it was also the birthplace of the madrigal, opera, and the piano. Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250–1750 recounts Florence’s principal contributions to music and the history of how music was heard and cultivated in the city, from civic and religious institutions to private patronage and the academies. This book is an invaluable complement to studies of the art, literature, and political thought of the late-medieval and early-modern eras and the quasi-legendary figures in the Florentine cultural pantheon. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publisher Name: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-10 |