Holy concord within sacred walls : nuns and music in Siena, 1575-1700 / Colleen Reardon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reardon, Colleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuns as musicians--Italy--Siena.

Nuns as musicians.

Church music--Italy--Siena--16th century.

Church music.

Church music--Catholic Church--16th century.

Church music--Italy--Siena--17th century.

Church music--Catholic Church--17th century.

Church music--Catholic Church.

Italy--Siena.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This volume examines musical culture both inside and outside seventeenth-century Sienese convents. In contrast to earlier studies of Italian convent music, this book draws upon archival sources to reconstruct an ecclesiastical culture that celebrated music internally and shared music freely with the community outside convent walls. Colleen Reardon argues that cloistered women in Siena enjoyed a significant degree of freedom to engage in musical pursuits. The nuns produced a remarkable body of work including motets, lamentations, theatrical plays and even an opera. As a result, the convent became an important cultural center in Siena that enjoyed the support and encouragement of its clergy and lay community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.

ISBN:

0195132955

OCLC:

46473822