The civic muse : music and musicians in Siena during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Frank A. D'Accone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Accone, Frank A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Italy--Siena--History and criticism.

Arts.

Music--Italy--Siena--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (894 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Siena, blessed with neither the aristocratic nor the ecclesiastical patronage enjoyed by music in other northern Italian centers like Florence, nevertheless attracted first-rate composers and performers from all over Europe. As Frank A. D'Accone shows in this scrupulously documented study, policies developed by the town to favor the common good formed the basis of Siena's ambitious musical programs. Based on decades of research in the town's archives, D'Accone's The Civic Muse brilliantly illuminates both the sacred and the secular aspects of more than three centuries of music and music-making in Siena. After detailing the history of music and liturgy at Siena's famous cathedral and of civic music at the Palazzo Pubblico, D'Accone describes the crucial role that music played in the daily life of the town, from public festivities for foreign dignitaries to private musical instruction. Putting Siena squarely on the Renaissance musical map, D'Accone's monumental study will interest both musicologists and historians of the Italian Renaissance.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

List of Musical Examples

Preface

Note on Sources, Citations, and Transcriptions

Note on Sienese Dating and Money

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Cathedral and Its Administration, Personnel, and Liturgical Calendar

2. Chant and Improvised Polyphony in Later Medieval Times

3. Singers and Organists, 1380-1448

4. Building a Chapel, 1448-1480

5. Expansion and Retrenchment in the Chapel, 1480-1507

6. The Development of a Stable Chapel, 1507-1555

7. Decline and Transformation of the Chapel, 1555-1607

8. Origins and Establishment of the Trumpeters' Corps, 1230-1399

9. Pomp, Circumstance, and Security: The Trumpeters' Corps as an Ongoing Institution in the Fifteenth Century

10. Diminishing Importance and Nostalgia for Times Past: The Trumpeters' Corps in the Sixteenth Century

11. Establishment and Consolidation of the Pifferi in the Fifteenth Century

12. Triumph of the Wind Band in the Sixteenth Century

13. Beyond Cathedral and Palace Walls: Professional Musicians and Dancing Masters, Amateurs, Builders, and Repairmen, 1300-1607

14. Music at Social Events, Public and Private

Register of Musicians

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 799-817) and index.

ISBN:

9786611223274

9781281223272

1281223271

9780226133683

0226133680

OCLC:

437248219