Modal subjectivities : self-fashioning in the Italian madrigal / Susan McClary.

Author/creator McClary, Susan
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Madrigals, Italian--Italy. --16th century. --Analysis, appreciation.
Musical form--History. --16th century.
Music theory--History. --16th century.
Music and language.

Contents Night and deceit: Verdelot's Machiavelli -- The desiring subject, or subject to desire: Arcadelt -- Radical inwardness: Willaert's Musica nova -- The prison house of mode: Cipriano de Rore -- The Coney Island of the madrigal: Wert and Marenzio -- The luxury of solipsism: Gesualdo -- The Mirtillo/Amarilli controversy: Monteverdi -- I modi.
Abstract This book presents a cultural interpretation of the Italian madrigal, one of the most influential repertories of the Renaissance. A genre that sought to produce simulations in sound of complex inferiorities, the madrigal introduced into music a vast range of new signifying practices: musical representations of emotions, desire, gender stereotypes, reason, madness, tensions between mind and body, and much more. In doing so, it not only greatly expanded the expressive agendas of European music but also recorded certain assumptions of the time concerning selfhood, making it an invaluable resource for understanding the history of Western subjectivity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003025287
ISBN0520234936 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML2633.2 .M33 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold