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Auteur(s) : Rice, John A.  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance [Texte imprimé] : the emergence of a musical icon / John A. Rice

Publication : Chicago : the University of Chicago Press, copyright 2022

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XX-300 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mus. ; 26 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index
"How did an unmusical saint come to be portrayed as a musician and become the patron saint of musicians and music? Until the beginning of the fifteenth century, Saint Cecilia was perceived as one of many virgin martyrs, with no obvious musical skills or interests. During the next two centuries, however, she inspired many musical works written in her honor and a vast number of paintings that depicted her singing or playing an instrument. Why did so many composers start writing music that honored her as their patron saint? In this book, John A. Rice argues that Cecilia's association with music came about in several stages, involving Christian liturgy, visual arts, and music, and fostered by interactions between artists, musicians, and their patrons and the transfer of visual and musical traditions from northern Europe to Italy. The initial chapters explore the cult of the saint in Medieval times and through the sixteenth century, when, starting in 1502, the first guilds in the Low Countries and France chose Cecilia as their patron. The book then turns to the music and the explosion of polyphonic vocal works written in Cecilia's honor between 1530 and 1620 by the most celebrated composers in Europe, as well as a group of about fifty Cecilian Renaissance motets, mostly by Northern European composers, which are brought together here for the first time. The book also explores the wealth of visual representations of Saint Cecilia especially during the Italian Renaissance, among which Raphael's 1515 painting, "The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia," is but the most famous example, and concludes with the development of the cult of Cecilia in England. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance is the definitive portrait of Saint Cecilia as a figure of musical inspiration"

Sujet(s) : Cécile (02..-0230 ; sainte) -- Musique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Cécile (02..-0230 ; sainte) -- Dans l'art  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Musique -- 15e siècle  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Musique -- 16e siècle  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226817101. - ISBN 0226817105. - ISBN 9780226817347 (erroné) (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47108680p

Notice n° :  FRBNF47108680 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction ; Wedding music : retelling the Passio in medieval and early Renaissance liturgy, literature, and art ; Beyond the legend and liturgy : the organ as emblem ; The celebration of Cecilia's day by musical organizations and singers in the Netherlands and France ; Franco-Flemish Cecilian motets : composers, publishers, performers, venues ; Franco-Flemish Cecilian motets : words and music ; Italian artists depict Cecilia from the late fifteenth century to the late sixteenth century ; Cecilia returns to Rome ; Epilogue : from saint to muse.