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Author Gerbino, Giuseppe.

Title Music and the myth of Arcadia in Renaissance Italy / Giuseppe Gerbino.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML290.2 .G47 2009    Available  ---
Description ix, 445 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.
Series New perspectives in music history and criticism
New perspectives in music history and criticism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-436) and index.
Contents Music in Arcadia : an unsettled tradition. The idiosyncrasies of chronology -- The return of the shepherd -- Musical remedies -- On the cusp between language and music -- Musical eclipses -- Theater. The boundaries of the genre -- Singing like shepherds, singing like peasants -- Ruzante's song and the rustic picturesque -- Re-founding pastoral theater -- The (female) performance of high culture -- The madrigal. A pastoral society -- The dark side of Arcadia -- Marenzio's utopia of the senses -- Lost in Arcadia -- Epilogue : Pastoral, opera, and the impossibility of tragedy.
Summary "The idea that there was a time when men and women lived in perfect harmony with nature and with themselves, though rooted in classical antiquity, was one of the most fertile products of the Renaissance literary and artistic imagination. This book explores one specific aspect of this idea: the musical representation and stylization of the myth of Arcadia in sixteenth-century Italy Giuseppe Gerbino outlines how Renaissance culture strove to keep this utopia alive, and demonstrates how music played a fundamental role in the construction and preservation of this collective illusion. Covering a range of different music genres, including the madrigal, music for theater, and early opera, the book overcomes traditional barriers among genres. Illustrative music examples, including previously unpublished music, serve to remind the reader's knowledge of this important repertory, and provide new insights into the role of music in the formation and dissemination of cultural myths."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Music -- Italy -- 16th century -- History and criticism.
Music.
Italy.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Music and mythology.
Music and mythology.
Arkadia (Greece) -- History.
Indexed Term Arkadia (Greece) History
Music Italy 16th century History and criticism
Music and mythology
ISBN 9780521899567
0521899567