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Darrera modificació: 2015-03-18
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Chiu, Remi, Music for the Times of Pestilence, 1420-1600, Montreal, McGill University: Schulich School of Music, 2012, x + 317 pp.
- Resum
- Plague, a recurring affliction throughout pre-modern Europe, affected multiple facets of life; not only was it a biological problem, pestilence was also read as a symptom of spiritual degeneracy, and it caused widespread social disorder. Assembling a picture of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses to plague from the medical, spiritual, and civic perspectives, I examine the role of music in the culture of plague. Through the course of the dissertation, I analyze polyphonic songs that invoke St. Sebastian, the premier plague saint of the age, to illustrate the ways in which plague discourses may have shaped musical composition and, conversely, the contributions of the musical works to practical strategies against the disease.
- Matèries
- Música
Història de la medicina
Medicina - Pesta i altres malalties
- URL
- http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile107663.pdf
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