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

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. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holder. 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 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.--jacket. Introduction 3 -- 1 Of Strings, Trumpets, And The Future Of French Poetry 24 -- 2 Musical Rivalries 57 -- 3 Musical Instruments, Governance, And Oratory 94 -- 4 The Anatomy Of The Lute 131 -- Epilogue 162 -- Notes 169 -- Bibliography 213. Carla Zecher. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213-230]) And Index. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 14 1 Of Strings, Trumpets, and the Future of French Poetry 35 2 Musical Rivalries 68 3 Musical Instruments, Governance, and Oratory 105 4 The Anatomy of the Lute 142 Epilogue 173 Notes 180 Bibliography 224 Index 242 A 242 B 243 C 243 D 244 E 245 F 245 G 245 H 246 I 246 J 246 K 246 L 246 M 247 N 249 O 249 P 249 R 250 S 250 T 251 U 252 V 252 W 252 Y 252 Z 252