Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan

The most famous musicians of early modern Milan were its cloistered nuns, despite the efforts of church officials to limit their musical lives. This book details the cultural context, religious traditions, musical styles, and personal meaning of the music written by and for them from the late
sixteenth to the early eighteenth century, and outlines the ways in which their status as female virgins was--and was not--central to the musical expression of their piety.


Author: Robert L. Kendrick
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.47lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.24w x 1.66d
ISBN: 9780198164081

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