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Music and wonder at the Medici court : the 1589 interludes for La pellegrina
- Title
- Music and wonder at the Medici court : the 1589 interludes for La pellegrina / Nina Treadwell.
- Author
- Treadwell, Nina.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008], ©2008.
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| book & CD | Text | Request in advance | ML290.8.F6 T74 2008 book & CD | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 277 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music; 25 cm +
- Summary
- "On May 2, 1589, the Medici court staged the most costly and elaborate entertainment yet produced at Florence. In the Uffizi theater, the intermedi (interludes) performed between the acts of Girolamo Bargagli's comedy La pellegrina were the high point of a series of celebrations mobilized by the newly proclaimed Grand Duke of Florence - Ferdinando I de' Medici - for his wedding to Christine of Lorraine." "These interludes were one of the major cultural events of their time and were central to the activities of the Florentine Camerata and the development of early opera. In a new approach to these works Nina Treadwell addresses directly the "ineffability" of the listener's experience and the sometimes contradictory accounts of the event as recorded by diarists and chroniclers. She takes these varied impressions as part of the meaning-making process surrounding these extraordinary performances, exploring in particular the role of musical sound in the creation of meraviglia, or wonder - an important aspect of Florentine politics. Treadwell also considers the bodily practices of musico-theatrical performance and how these influenced the audience's spatial and temporal perception to further convey the "mystery of the state" as proclaimed by Florentine absolutism. Finally, she uses the many first-hand accounts of the event to reveal how meraviglia sometimes functioned in unanticipated ways."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Musical meaning and interpretation
- Music and the early modern imagination
- Uniform Title
- Musical meaning and interpretation.
- Music and the early modern imagination.
- Alternative Title
- Pellegrina project
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-270) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Medicean Theater: Aesthetic and Political Underpinnings -- 1. The Politics of Dynasty -- 2. The Aesthetic of Wonder -- 3. Court Intermedi at Florence -- Pt. 2. Readings: The Pellegrina Interludes in/as Performance -- 4. Marshalling meraviglia: Manipulating Time, Delineating Space (Intermedio One) -- 5. Scenic Metamorphosis and Musical Warfare {Intermedi Two and Three) -- 6. Diabolical Bodies and Monstrous Machines: A Cautionary Tale (Intermedio Four) -- 7. Singing the Marvelous {Intermedio Five) -- 8. "O What New Wonder" (Intermedio Six) -- App. 1a-1f. Bastiano de' Rossi, Descrizione (1589), excerpts -- App. 2. [Anon.], Li sontuosissimi apparecchi (1589), title page and intermedi description only -- App. 3. Simone Cavallino, Le solennissime feste (1589), title page and intermedi description only -- App. 4. [Anon.], Li artificiosi e dilettevoli intermedii (1589), title page and intermedi description only -- App. 5. Text and translation of Laura Guidiccioni's "O che nuovo miracolo" -- App. 6. CD information.
- ISBN
- 9780253352187 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253352185 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008005575
- 40016139098
- OCLC
- 1071903241
- on1071903241
- SCSB-9116586
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries