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The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / Nicholas Hammond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hammond, Nicholas, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Perspectives on sensory history.
- Perspectives on sensory history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs, French--France--Paris--17th century--History and criticism.
- Songs, French.
- City sounds--France--Paris--History--17th century.
- City sounds.
- Paris (France)--Civilization--17th century.
- Paris (France).
- Paris (France)--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196)and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-271-08551-7
- 0-271-08553-3
- OCLC:
- 1132288370
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