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Music and power in eighteenth-century court society : Handel's Messiah and Protestant ascendancy

Title

Music and power in eighteenth-century court society : Handel's Messiah and Protestant ascendancy / Marjorie Fitzpatrick ; with a foreword by Stephen Mennell.

Author

Fitzpatrick, Marjorie

Publication

Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 2016.
©2016

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Additional Authors

Mennell, Stephen

Description

xxviii, 571 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This book examines music and power in eighteenth-century court society. It focuses on Händel's Messiah and the Protestant Ascendancy society. Its aims are to find out if music reflects cultural changes and whether music is an indicator of power positions within court society utilizing the theoretical framework of Norbert Elias' social theory."--Book description, Amazon.com.

Alternative Title

Music and power in the 18th century court society

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-551) and index.

Contents

Sociological perspectives on music -- Norbert Elias' the court society and the concept of 'power ratios' -- Power ratios in court society in the eighteenth century -- Music and power habitus in Mrs. Mary Delany's eighteenth-century world -- Music, power and habitus in George Frederick Handel's world -- Händel's Messiah, power and emotional habitus -- Jennens' Messiah and allegorical power -- Messiah and monarchical power -- Conclusions.

ISBN

9781495504495
1495504492

LCCN

2016003366

OCLC

ocn936011833
936011833
SCSB-1856401

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library