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The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris

Title
The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / Nicholas Hammond.
Author
Hammond, Nicholas, 1963-
Publication
  • University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Additional Authors
Pennsylvania State University Press, publisher.
Description
viii, 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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"--
Series Statement
Perspectives on sensory history
Uniform Title
Perspectives on sensory history.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-196) and index.
Contents
The sounds of Paris -- Singers and listeners -- Informé de tout : sound and power, 1661-1662 -- The death and afterlife of Jacques Chausson -- Guitaut, Condé, and the Cordon bleu -- Different worlds.
Call Number
JME 20-92
ISBN
  • 9780271084718
  • 0271084715
LCCN
2019025597
OCLC
1096237703
Author
Hammond, Nicholas, 1963- author.
Title
The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / Nicholas Hammond.
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Perspectives on sensory history
Perspectives on sensory history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-196) and index.
Chronological Term
1600-1715
Added Author
Pennsylvania State University Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
JME 20-92
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