Maritime musicians and performers on early modern English voyages : the lives of the seafaring middle class / James Seth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seth, James (Professor), author.

Series:

Maritime humanities, 1400-1800.

Maritime humanities, 1400-1800 : cultures of the sea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicians--England--History--16th century.

Musicians.

Musicians--England--History--17th century.

Music--England--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--England--17th century--History and criticism.

Seafaring life--England--History--16th century.

Seafaring life.

Seafaring life--England--History--17th century.

Entertainers--England--History--16th century.

Entertainers.

Entertainers--England--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.

Summary:

<i>Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages</i> aims to tell the full story of early English shipboard performers, who have been historically absent from conversations about English navigation, maritime culture, and economic expansion. Often described reductively in voyaging accounts as having one function, in fact maritime performers served many communicative tasks. Their lives were not only complex, but often contradictory. Though not high-ranking officers, neither were they lower-ranking mariners or sailors. They were influenced by a range of competing cultural practices, having spent time playing on both land and sea, and their roles required them to mediate parties using music, dance, and theatre as powerful forms of nonverbal communication. Their performances transcended and breached boundaries of language, rank, race, religion, and nationality, thereby upsetting conventional practices, improving shipboard and international relations, and ensuring the success of their voyages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A Tale of Two Trumpeters

Part One. The Players

1. Naval Musicians

2. Civilian Performers, Professional and Amateur

Part Two. The Performances

3. Signalling and Communicating

4. Courtly Rituals and Casual Entertainments

5. Diplomacy and Trade

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Seth, James Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages

ISBN:

90-485-4455-6

OCLC:

1328134217