x + 242 pp, Inscribed in ink on ffep, "To Tom / Best wishes, Carla" list of b&w figuresIntroduction, 4 chapters, epilogue, Notes, bibliogrpahy, index. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, near black cover cloth with little or no wear. 6.25" x 9.25" dark gray cloth boards, silver spine letters, in pale blue DJ / Unclipped in acetate protector. Size: Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Sounding Objects: Musical Instruments, Poetry, and Art in Renaissance France (Heritage)

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Canada Buffalo, NY London, UK

Publication Date

2007

Language

English

ISBN 10

0802090141

ISBN 13

9780802090140

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Inscribed by Author(s)

Book Type

Book

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Often abstracted by the aesthetic implications of music itself, musical instruments can be seen as physical signifiers apart from the music that they produce. In Sounding Objects, Carla Zecher studies the representation of musical instruments in French Renaissance poetry and art, arguing that the efficacy of these material objects as literary and pictorial images was derived from their physical characteristics and acoustic properties, as well as from their aesthetic product.

Sounding Objects is concerned with ways in which musical culture provided poets with a rich, nuanced vocabulary for reflecting on their own art and its roles in courtly life, the civic arena, and salon society. Poets not only depicted the world of musical practice but also appropriated it, using musical instruments figuratively to establish their literary identities. Drawing on music treatises and archival sources as well as poems, paintings, and engravings, this unique study aims to enrich our understanding of the interplay of poetry, music, and art in this period, and highlights the importance of musical materiality to Renaissance culture.

About the Author

Carla Zecher is Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

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