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Author Saucier, Catherine, author.

Title A paradise of priests : singing the civic and episcopal hagiography of medieval Liège / Catherine Saucier.

Publication Info. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
©2014

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML3026.8 .L54 S38 2014    Available  
Description xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989
Eastman studies in music.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.
Contents Introduction : the sound of civic sanctity in the priestly paradise of Liège -- Martyred bishops and civic origins : promoting the clerical city -- The intersecting cults of saints Theodard and Lambert : validating bishops as martyrs -- The civic cult of Saint Hubert : venerating bishops as founders -- Clerical concord, disharmony, and polyphony : commemorating Bishop Notger's city -- Military triumph, civic destruction, and the changing face of Saint Lambert's relics : invoking the defensor patriae -- Conclusion : hearing civic sanctity -- Appendix : medieval service books preserving the chant repertory sung in the city of Liège.
Subject Church music -- Belgium -- Liège -- 500-1400.
Church music.
Belgium -- Liège.
Chronological Term 500-1400
Subject Christian saints -- Cult -- Belgium -- Liège.
Christian saints -- Cult.
ISBN 9781580464802 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1580464807 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)