The grand theater of the world : music, space, and the performance of identity in early modern Rome /

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

London : Routledge,, United Kingdom , p.1 online resource : (2019)

ISBN:

9781315465890 (ebook) :

Other Number:

10.4324/9781315465890

Keywords:

17th century., Italy, Music, Rome (Italy), Social aspects, Social life and customs, Sound

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.<P><STRONG>Part 1 The Spaces of Music in Rome </STRONG>1. Valeria De Lucca and Christine Jeanneret: <I>Exploring the Soundscape of Early Modern Rome through Uberti's </I>Contrasto musico <STRONG>Part 2 </STRONG><STRONG>Palaces and Theatres </STRONG>2. Tracy Ehrlich<I>: Drawing as a Performative Act: Carlo Marchionni at the Villa Albani, Rome </I>3. Barbara Nestola: <I>Gesture and Acting in Roman Opera at the End of the Seventeenth Century </I><STRONG>Part 3 </STRONG><STRONG>Devotional Spaces </STRONG>4. Eric Bianchi: <I>Was Man Made For the Sabbath? Sight, Space, and Identity in Jesuits' Musical Life </I>5. Peter Gillgren, <I>Theatricality in the Sistine Chapel </I>6. Huub van der Linden: <I>Blinding Light and Gloomy Darkness: Illumination, Spectatorship, and the Oratorio in Baroque Rome </I><STRONG>Part 4 </STRONG><STRONG>Streets and Squares </STRONG>7. Brice Gruet: <I>Sound and Sensorial Landscape: Early Modern Rome as a Full Urban Experience </I>8. Dinko Fabris: <I>"Comprando la Maraviglia con l'Impossibilità" The Role of Music in the Space of a </I>Torneo: <I>An Unknown Score of </I>I Furori di Venere <I>(Bologna, 1639) </I><STRONG>Part 5 </STRONG><STRONG>Villas and Gardens </STRONG>9. Anne-Madeleine Goulet: <I>Cultural Life at Villa Lante di Bagnaia (1683-1696): Family, Gardens, and Sociability </I>10. Giulia Romano Veneziano: <I>The "Teatro delle acque": Music and Spectacle at Villa Aldobrandini during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries </I><STRONG>Part 6 </STRONG><STRONG>Crossing boundaries </STRONG>11. Michela Berti: <I>Inside and Outside a National Church: Music, Ceremonies, and Nationality in Early Modern Rome </I>12. Colleen Reardon: <I>From the Villa to the Public Theatre: The Chigi and "Roman" Opera in Siena </P></I><P></P>Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.