A cultural history of western music in the Renaissance

Brooks, Jeanice and Freedman, Richard (eds.) (2023) A cultural history of western music in the Renaissance (The Bloomsbury Cultural History of Music, 3), vol. 3, London. Bloomsbury Publishing, 243pp.

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Abstract

A Cultural History of Western Music in the Renaissance covers the period from 1400 to 1650, examining structures of identity and the delicate relationships between self, society, and sound. What did listeners and creators want from music in the Renaissance? How were the forms and meanings of music shaped by the social, political, and technological transformations of the time? Music was put to many uses in this epoch: as an instrument of power in a changing political order; as an aid to religious and philosophical speculation; and as a tool for constructing emotional communities and regimes. And music itself was transformed by new technologies and made newly mobile through travel, cross-cultural trade, and imperial conquest.The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Western Music presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of music and its ever-changing social context. The themes covered in each volume are society; philosophies; politics; exchange; education; popular culture; performance; and technologies.

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