The voice of virtue : moral song and the practice of French stoicism, 1574-1652 / Melinda Latour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Latour, Melinda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music and philosophy.

Stoics in literature.

France.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The Voice of Virtue illuminates the musical practices at the heart of the Neostoic movement that spread across French lands during the Wars of Religion in the latter half of the sixteenth century, revealing that virtue--as voiced in these Stoic practices--proves to be both rational and fully invested in the sensory processes of the singing body.

Contents:

Cover

The Voice of Virtue

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Web Materials

Preface

Acknowledgments

Editorial Principles

Abbreviations

About the Companion Website

Introduction: Singing Stoicism

1. Neostoic Remedies

2. Imprinting Virtue

3. The Exercise of Harmony

4. Musical Paradoxes

5. Sensing Beauty

6. Sound Judgment

7. Moral Ordering

8. Rehearsing Death

Conclusion: Suspensions of Desire

Appendix 1. Musical Settings of Moral Poetry

Appendix 2. Organization of Moral Song Collections

Select Bibliography of Printed Primary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-752976-3

0-19-752977-1

0-19-752975-5

OCLC:

1369663508