Medieval ritual and early modern music

Description:

"The polyphonic lauda had its place of prominence in the lay devotional confraternities in Italian cities in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. A main theme of this volume is the influence of art music in devotional contexts dominated by ritual functionality, where a modern aesthetic perspective is rarely employed. The authors raise fundamental questions about the validity of such a distinction between functional simplicity and aesthetic sensibility, where the latter is usually reserved for advanced, secular genres such as opera and the madrigal."--Jacket.

subjects: Church music,  History and criticism,  Laude,  Opera,  Sacred Music,  Music,  History - General History,  Europe - Italy,  History / Europe,  Genres & Styles - Opera,  History & Criticism - General,  Religious - General,  Lauda,  Music, history and criticism, 17th century,  Music, italian,  Music, history and criticism, 16th century

Places: Italy