Music and Culture in Late Renaissance Italy

Dr. Fenlon explores the role music played in the cultural, religious, and political upheavals of late Renaissance Italy, revealing how musical activity of all kinds was instrumentalized by those in power. Focusing on the second half of the sixteenth century - a period still often regarded as one of decline and degeneration after the achievements of the Quattrocento and before the calamità d'Italia - the author argues that Italian culture did not lose its vigour after 1530, but underwent a transformation, as both individuals and institutions reacted to new economic, political, and religious circumstances.

CONTENIDO

-List of Illustrations
-List of Plans
-List of Abbreviations
1. Magnificence as Civic Image: Music and Ceremonial Space in Early Modern Venice
2. Strangers in Paradise: Dutchmen in Venice in 1525
3. Music and Reform: The Savonarolan Legacy
4. Music and Civic Piety in Counter-Reformation Milan
Appendix : The Tini Broadside Catalogue of c. 1596
5. Scipione Gonzaga: A 'Poor' Cardinal in Rome
6. Gioseffo Zarlino and the Accademia Venetiana della Fama
7. Lepanto: Music, Ceremony, and Celebration in Counter-Reformation Rome
8. Rites of Passage: Cosimo I de' Medici and the Theatre of Death
9. Giaches de Wert and the Palatine Basilica of Santa Barbara: Music, Liturgy, and Design
10. Preparations for a Princess: Florence, 1588-1589
-Bibliography
-Index