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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787203803321

Autore

Zecher Carla <1959->

Titolo

Sounding objects : musical instruments, poetry, and art in Renaissance France / / Carla Zecher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-5962-9

1-4426-2819-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

780.08

Soggetti

French literature - 16th century - History and criticism

Music and literature

Musical instruments in art

Frankreich Musikinstrument Literatur Kunst Geschichte 1400-1600

Frankreich

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Of strings, trumpets, and the future of French poetry -- Musical rivalries -- Musical instruments, governance, and oratory -- The anatomy of the lute -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Sounding Objects, Carla Zecher studies the representation of musical instruments in French Renaissance poetry and art, arguing that the efficacy of these material objects as literary and pictorial images was derived from their physical characteristics and acoustic properties, as well as from their aesthetic product." "Sounding Objects is concerned with ways in which musical culture provided poets with a rich, nuanced vocabulary for reflecting on their own art and its roles in courtly life, the civic arena, and salon society. Poets not only depicted the world of musical practice but also appropriated it, using musical instruments figuratively to establish their literary identities. Drawing on music treatises and archival sources as well as poems, paintings, and engravings, this study aims to enrich our understanding of the interplay of poetry, music, and art in this period, and highlights the



importance of musical materiality to Renaissance culture."--Jacket.