Sounding objects : musical instruments, poetry, and art in Renaissance France / Carla Zecher.

By:

Zecher, Carla, 1959- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [(c)2007.]; Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, [(c)2015.]Description: 1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations, facsimilesContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442628199
1442628197

Other title:

Musical instruments, poetry, and art in Renaissance France

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PQ231

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Contents:

Introduction -- Of strings, trumpets, and the future of French poetry -- Musical rivalries -- Musical instruments, governance, and oratory -- The anatomy of the lute -- Epilogue.

Review: "In Sounding Objects, Carla Zecher studies the representation of musical instruments in French Renaissance poetry and art, arguing that the efficacy of these material objects as literary and pictorial images was derived from their physical characteristics and acoustic properties, as well as from their aesthetic product." "Sounding Objects is concerned with ways in which musical culture provided poets with a rich, nuanced vocabulary for reflecting on their own art and its roles in courtly life, the civic arena, and salon society. Poets not only depicted the world of musical practice but also appropriated it, using musical instruments figuratively to establish their literary identities. Drawing on music treatises and archival sources as well as poems, paintings, and engravings, this study aims to enrich our understanding of the interplay of poetry, music, and art in this period, and highlights the importance of musical materiality to Renaissance culture."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book	G. Allen Fleece Library Online	Non-fiction	PQ231 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn903968172

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Of strings, trumpets, and the future of French poetry -- Musical rivalries -- Musical instruments, governance, and oratory -- The anatomy of the lute -- Epilogue.

"In Sounding Objects, Carla Zecher studies the representation of musical instruments in French Renaissance poetry and art, arguing that the efficacy of these material objects as literary and pictorial images was derived from their physical characteristics and acoustic properties, as well as from their aesthetic product." "Sounding Objects is concerned with ways in which musical culture provided poets with a rich, nuanced vocabulary for reflecting on their own art and its roles in courtly life, the civic arena, and salon society. Poets not only depicted the world of musical practice but also appropriated it, using musical instruments figuratively to establish their literary identities. Drawing on music treatises and archival sources as well as poems, paintings, and engravings, this study aims to enrich our understanding of the interplay of poetry, music, and art in this period, and highlights the importance of musical materiality to Renaissance culture."--Jacket.