Description
| Product ID: | 9781107109254 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Plague and Music in the Renaissance |
| Authors: | Author: Remi Chiu |
| Page Count: | 345 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Sacred and religious music, European history, History of medicine, Mysticism, magic and occult interests, Sacred & religious music, European history, History of medicine, Mysticism, magic & ritual |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Using a wide variety of primary sources, this book explores Renaissance musical responses to pestilence. It will fascinate musicologists and historians interested in the role of music in the fight against plague by revealing how medical knowledge, spiritual beliefs and public rituals surrounding the disease informed musical composition. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-06-15 |
