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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827364603321

Autore

Hammond Nicholas <1963->

Titolo

The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / / Nicholas Hammond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-271-08551-7

0-271-08553-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Perspectives on sensory history

Disciplina

780.94436109032

Soggetti

Songs, French - France - Paris - 17th century - History and criticism

City sounds - France - Paris - History - 17th century

Paris (France) Civilization 17th century

Paris (France) History Louis XIV, 1643-1715

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196)and index.

Nota di contenuto

The sounds of Paris -- Singers and listeners -- Informe de tout : sound and power, 1661-1662 -- The death and afterlife of Jacques Chausson -- Guitaut, Conde, and the Cordon bleu -- Different worlds.

Sommario/riassunto

"An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality, and punishment"--