Performing piety : musical culture in medieval English nunneries / Anne Bagnall Yardley.
| Author/creator | Yardley, Anne Bagnall, 1950- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. |
| Description | xvii, 326 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The new Middle Ages New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)) ^A688344 |
| Contents | The religious rules -- Musical leadership in the nunnery -- The reality of musical life -- Everyday musical practices: psalters, hours, and the office of the dead -- Pomp and piety: processional practices in nunneries -- The consecration of nuns -- A case study in Benedictine practices: Barking Abbey -- Appendix A: List of nuns holding the position of cantrix -- Appendix B: The role of the chantress at Syon Abbey -- Appendix C: Theoretical material from Wherwell Abbey -- Appendix D: The Visitatio from the Wilton processional. |
| Abstract | What did nuns sing? How did they learn about music? How did the music affect their piety? This book answers these and many other questions about the musical life in English nunneries in the later Middle Ages. Drawing upon a wide range of historical sources, the author pieces together a mosaic of nunnery musical life. Formal monastic rules, medieval liturgical manuscripts, records from bishops' visitations to nunneries and other medieval documents provide evidence that even the smallest convents sang the monastic offices on a daily basis and that many of the larger houses celebrated the late medieval liturgy in all of its complexity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005045614 |
| ISBN | 1403962995 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403962997 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3031.2 .Y37 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |