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Author Hammond, Nicholas, 1963- author.

Title The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / Nicholas Hammond.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 203 pages).
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Series Perspectives on sensory history
Perspectives on sensory history.
Contents The sounds of Paris -- Singers and listeners -- Informe de tout : sound and power, 1661-1662 -- The death and afterlife of Jacques Chausson -- Guitaut, Conde, and the Cordon bleu -- Different worlds.
Summary "An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality, and punishment"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject City sounds -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century.
City sounds.
France -- Paris.
History.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Songs, French -- France -- Paris -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Songs, French.
Paris (France) -- Civilization -- 17th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
Chronological Term 1600-1715
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Pennsylvania State University Press, publisher.
Other Form: Print version: Hammond, Nicholas. Powers of sound and song in early modern Paris. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019] 9780271084718 0271084715 (DLC) 2019025597 (OCoLC)1096237703
ISBN 9780271085531 (electronic book)
0271085533 (electronic book)
9780271084718 (paperback)
0271084715 (paperback)