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Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion
Mary Tiffany Ferer
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Description for Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion
Hardback. Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4, 4 black and white. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 678.
Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. The presentation of Charles V as universal monarch, defender of the faith, magnanimous peacemaker, and reborn Roman Emperor became the mission of artists, poets, and chroniclers, who shaped contemporary perceptions of him and engaged in his political promotion. Music was equally essential to the making of his image, as this book shows. It reconstructs musical life at his court, by examining the compositions which emanated from it, the ordinances prescribing its rituals and ceremonies, and his ... Read more
Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. The presentation of Charles V as universal monarch, defender of the faith, magnanimous peacemaker, and reborn Roman Emperor became the mission of artists, poets, and chroniclers, who shaped contemporary perceptions of him and engaged in his political promotion. Music was equally essential to the making of his image, as this book shows. It reconstructs musical life at his court, by examining the compositions which emanated from it, the ordinances prescribing its rituals and ceremonies, and his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836995
SKU
V9781843836995
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Reviews for Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion
The strongest commendation should be given to the painstaking and thorough research that is collated and presented in this book. This results in a handy volume that is virtually exhaustive in content ... Without a doubt, this book should be in the music libraries of universities, conservatories, and specialists interested in the Renaissance.
NOTES, December 2013
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NOTES, December 2013
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