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Honoring God and the City

By Jonathan Glixon

Honoring God and the City

By Jonathan Glixon

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This is the first detailed history of musical activities at Venetian lay confraternities. Based on over two decades of research in Venetian archives, the book traces musical practices from the origins of the earliest confraternities in the mid-thirteenth century through their suppression under the French and Austrian governments of Venice in the early nineteenth century. The first section of the book treats the scuole grandi, the largest and most important of the Venetian confraternities, and the only ones to maintain musical establishments for long periods. The second portion of the book is concerned with the scuole piccole, the numerous less-important confraternities, sometimes as many as 300 of which were active simultaneously, located in churches throughout Venice. Appendices include an attempt to reconstruct a calendar of musical events at all Venetian confraternities in the early eighteenth century, demonstrating the vital role they played in the cultural and ceremonial life of this great city.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
392
Release Date:
2003-03-27
Publication Date:
2003-03-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195134893
ISBN13:
9780195134896
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
785 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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