Out of the Cloister: Scholastic Exegesis of the Song of Songs, 1100-1250
Title | Out of the Cloister: Scholastic Exegesis of the Song of Songs, 1100-1250 PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne LaVere |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2016-03-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004313842 |
The Song of Songs was one of the most frequently interpreted biblical books of the Middle Ages. Most scholarly studies concentrate on monastic interpretations of the text, which tend to be contemplative in nature. In Out of the Cloister, Suzanne LaVere reveals a particularly scholastic strain of Song of Songs exegesis, in which cathedral school masters and mendicants in and around 12th and 13th-century Paris read the text as Christ exhorting the Church and clergy to lead an active life of preaching, instruction, conversion, and reform. This new interpretation of the Song of Songs both reflected and influenced an era of far-reaching Church reform and offered a program for secular clergy to combat heresy and apathy among the laity.
"Chancon Legiere a Chanter"
Title | "Chancon Legiere a Chanter" PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel N. Rosenberg |
Publisher | Summa Publications, Inc. |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781883479541 |
Debussy and His World
Title | Debussy and His World PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Fulcher |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 2001-08-06 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1400831954 |
Claude Debussy's Paris was factionalized, politicized, and litigious. It was against this background of ferment and change--which characterized French society and music from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I--that Debussy re-thought music. This book captures the complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the new picture emerging of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siècle Paris. Debussy's setting did not simply mold his style. Rather, it challenged him to define a style and then to revamp it again and again as he situated himself simultaneously via the present and the past. These essays trace Debussy's perpetual reinvention, both social and creative, from his earliest to his last works. They explore tensions and contradictions in his best-known compositions and examine lesser-known pieces that reveal new aspects of Debussy's creative appropriation from poetry, painting, and non-Western music. The contributors reveal the extent to which Debussy's personal and professional lives were intertwined and sometimes in conflict. Belonging to no one group or class, but crossing many, Debussy abjured the orthodox. A maverick who reviled all convention and searched for a music that authentically reflected experience, Debussy balked at entering any situation--salons, musical societies, or factions--that would categorize and thus distort him. Because of this, music lovers still argue over the degree to which Debussy's music is Impressionist, symbolist, or even French. Aptly, the volume's editor reads Debussy's last works as a dialogue with himself that reflects his inherently pluralistic, paradoxical, negotiated, and ever-changing identity. William Austin's description of Debussy as ''one of the most original and adventurous musicians who ever lived'' is often repeated. This book illustrates how right Austin was and shows why Debussy's unclassifiable art continues to fascinate and perplex his historians even as it enthralls new listeners. The contributors are Leon Botstein, Christophe Charle, John Clevenger, Jane F. Fulcher, David Grayson, Brian Hart, Gail Hilson-Woldu, and Marie Rolf.
Chansons de Gustave Nadaud
Title | Chansons de Gustave Nadaud PDF eBook |
Author | Gustave Nadaud |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 597 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 5873822808 |
Select Specimens of the Great French Writers in the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries ...
Title | Select Specimens of the Great French Writers in the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries ... PDF eBook |
Author | George Eugène-Fasnacht |
Publisher | London Macmillan 1894. |
Pages | 680 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | French language |
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ISBN | 2958155706 |
Exploring Art Song Lyrics
Title | Exploring Art Song Lyrics PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Retzlaff |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Pages | 577 |
Release | 2012-05-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 019977532X |
Drawing generously from four centuries of Italian, German and French art song, Exploring Art Song Lyrics embraces the finest of the literature and presents the repertoire with unprecedented clarity and detail. Each of the over 750 selections comprises the original poem, a concise English translation, and an IPA transcription which is uniquely designed to match the musical setting. Enunciation and transcription charts are included for each language on a single, easy to read page. A thorough discussion of the method of transcription is provided in the appendix. With its wide-ranging scope of repertoire, and invaluable tools for interpretation and performance, Exploring Art Song Lyrics is an essential resource for the professional singer, voice teacher, and student.