Publication

2014-01-07 - Oxford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

96,000 words, Guess

Page Count

384 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013016278
  • Amazon0199764646

Classifications

  • LCCML3129.7.B38F57 2014

Description

" ... Explores the nature of sound as a powerful yet ambivalent force in the religious struggles that permeated Germany during the Counter-Reformation. Author Alexander J. Fisher goes beyond a musicological treatment of composers, styles, and genres to examine how music, and more broadly sound itself, shaped the aural landscape of Bavaria as the duchy emerged as a militant Catholic bulwark. Fisher focuses particularly on the ways in which sound--including bell-ringing, gunfire, and popular song, as well as cultivated polyphony--not only was deployed by Catholic secular and clerical elites to shape the religious identities of Bavarian subjects, but also carried the potential to challenge and undermine confessional boundaries"--Publisher's web site, March 14, 2014.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Music, Piety, and Propaganda: The Soundscapes of Counter-Reformation BavariahardcoverOxford University Press2014-01-07

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!