Desperate Measures

Zusatztext It is ground-breaking, eye-opening, substantial and painstakingly researched. Informationen zum Autor Claire Fontijn is Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College, where she teaches courses on Early Music, Opera, Women Composers, Louis XIV's France, and the German Lied. Her work as a performer informs her archival work and musical analyses. She has appeared as a singer and baroque flutist with La Donna Musicale (Boston), The Washington Bach Consort (D.C.), and Le Concert Spirituel (Paris), among other ensembles. Klappentext One of the most fascinating figures of seventeenth-century music, composer and singer Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1640 - c.1720) was active in both Venice and Paris. Her work provides a unique cross-cultural window into the rich musical cultures of these cities, yet owing to her clandestine existence in France, for almost three centuries Bembo's life was shrouded in mystery. In this first-ever biography, Clare Fontijn unveils the enthralling and surprising story of a remarkable woman who moved in the musical, literary, and artistic circles of these European cultural centers. Zusammenfassung Forced to leave Venice, Bembo, mother of three, fled to Paris and joined glorifying Louis XIV. Her music - opera, love song, cantata, motet, air - testifies to the magic of her singing voice. Fontijn's pathbreaking biography demonstrates how a courageous, talented woman thrived within the parameters of society and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Fontijn, Claire (Associate Professor of Musicology Fontijn, Fontijn Claire
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2006
• EAN: 9780195135381
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513538-1
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Desperate Measures; Desperate Measures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, HISTORY / Women, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, baroque, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)