Divas in the Convent - Nuns, Music, and Defiance in Seventeenth-Century Italy

Zusammenfassung When eight-year-old Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) entered one of the preeminent convents in Bologna in 1598! she had no idea what cloistered life had in store for her. This title retells the story of Vizzana and the nuns of Santa Cristina to elucidate the role that music played in the lives of these cloistered women.

Product details

• Authors: Craig Monson, Craig A. Monson, MONSON CRAIG A, Monson Craig A.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2012
• EAN: 9780226535197
• ISBN: 978-0-226-53519-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Music, European History, MUSIC / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700