Catholicism as musical discourse : the reconversion of women through seventeenth-century French sacred songs / Catherine E. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Catherine E., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Hymns--History and criticism.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--France--History--17th century.

Catholic women--France--History--17th century.

Catholic women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Catholicism as Musical Discourse' reveals the important role that French-language sacred songs, written primarily for women, played in the evolution of the Catholic Reform over the long seventeenth century. By singing sacred songs - called cantiques, spiritual or devotional airs - reformers believed that principles of Catholicism would be easier to learn, remember, and affect women's behavior. This book shows that various interpretations of Catholicism were not only transformed over time but also how and why. Most importantly, it demonstrates that sacred songs became a part of the Catholic Church's effort to mediate and shape the role of women in French society.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes On Quotations, Translations, and Musical Examples

1 Introduction: Women, Sacred Songs, and the Catholic Reform

Theoretical Parameters

Discourse and the Transformation of Institutions Over Time

Feminist Theories

Women and the Catholic Reform in France

The Wars of Religion

Women as Proponents and Objects for Reform

The Querelle Des Femmes

Conclusion

2 Discursive Parameters in Sacred Songs (1600-1650)

Early Seventeenth-Century Sacred Songs

Sacred Songs for Recreation, Devotion, and Elevation

Women as Dedicatees

Paris Publications

Conclusion: Foundational Trends Established By 1650

3 Mysticism and Jean-Joseph Surin's Cantiques Spirituels: The Language of God and the Songs of Paradise

Surin in Bordeaux

The Natural and the Supernatural: Surin's Cantiques and Mystical Operations

Surin's Cantiques Spirituels

The Controversy Regarding Surin and His Cantiques

The Parody Tunes and Their Functions

The Musical Sources for Surin's Cantiques

4 François Berthod's Airs De Dévotion for Honnêtes Femmes, Novitiates, and Nuns

Book 1 (1656): Female Courtiers

Book 2 (1658): Novitiates

Book 3 (1662): Nuns

Reception and Evaluation

5 Bertrand De Bacilly's Airs Spirituels and Seventeenth-Century Rigorism

Les Airs Spirituels De Mr De Bacilly (1672, 1677, and 1688)23

The Texts and Music

Women and Rigorist Spirituality

Rhetoric and the Passions

Sacred Works: An Appeal to the Senses

Sacred Songs as Pedagogical Tools

Conclusion: Jansenism and Rigorist Spirituality at the End of the Century

6 Bertrand De Bacilly's Airs Spirituels and the Musical Education of Girls

Education, Pedagogical Strategies, Music, and the Catholic Reform.

Bacilly's Preludes as Pedagogical Tools

Meter, Rhythm, and Syllabic Quantity

Vocal Technique

Learning to Sing, Step By Step, Through Imitation

Common Melodic Phrases and Gestures Between Preludes and Airs

Conclusion: Music and Lyrics

7 Sacred Songs, Pleasure, and the Triumph of Popular Taste

Sacred Songs (1690-1705): Something for Everyone

Cantiques Spirituels Et Noêls De Different Autheurs (1699)

Airs Spirituels Des Meilleurs Autheurs (1701)

[Des Forêts], Stances Chretiennes Mises En Musique (1705)

Other Musical Trends (1690-1710)

Singing Sacred Songs

Conclusion: A Review of the Repertory (1600-1710)

Conclusion: Feminism in Context: An Interpretation

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Bibliography

Index of Song Collection

Index of Song Titles

Index to Catholicism and Musical Discourse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 20, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197567203

0197567207

9780197567180

0197567185

9780197567197

0197567193

OCLC:

1503841305