Honoring God and the City
Music at the Venetian Confraternities, 1260-1807
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 7 August 2008
- ISBN 9780195342987
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages392 pages
- Size 152x229x22 mm
- Weight 592 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This is the first detailed history of musical activities at Venetian lay confraternities. Based on over two decades of research in Venetian archives, the book traces musical practices from the origins of the earliest confraternities in the mid-thirteenth century through their suppression under the French and Austrian governments of Venice in the early nineteenth century.
MoreLong description:
Honoring God and the City presents the first detailed history of musical activities at Venetian lay confraternities, societies that were crucial to the cultural and ceremonial life of Venice. Based on over two decades of research in Venetian archives, musicologist Jonathan Glixon traces musical practices from the origins of the earliest confraternities in the mid-thirteenth century to their suppression under the French and Austrian governments in the early nineteenth century. Glixon first discusses the scole grandi, the largest and most important of the Venetian confraternities. Scole grandi hosted some of the most elaborate musical events in the Venetian calendar, including lavish annual festivities for each scola's patron saint and often enlisting such high-profile musicians as Giovanni Gabrieli and Claudio Monteverdi. Glixon places detailed descriptions of these events in the context of the scole grandi's long histories, as the roles of salaried musicians, singers, string players, and organists evolved over the centuries. The book's second part is concerned with the scole piccole, the numerous smaller confraternities born in churches throughout Venice. These local organizations, usually consisting of a modest number of salaried musicians augmented by hired players, took part in annual festivities and performances and played a crucial role in local cultural life. Detailed appendixes include a calendar of musical events at all Venetian confraternities in the early eighteenth century and a complete listing of musicians for an important seventeenth century festival. The result of painstaking research, Honoring God and the City demonstrates the vital role of confraternities in the musical and ceremonial life of Venice.
MoreTable of Contents:
Part I: The Scole Grandi
1: For the Honor of God: The Origin and Nature of the Scoli Grandi
2: Gathering Together: Ritual and Ceremony at the Scoli Grandi
3: Singing for the Souls of Brothers: Musical Beginnings to the early 15th century
4: Singing Praies to the Lord: The Early Use of Professional Musicians, 1445-1500
5: The Best in the City: Salaried Musicians
6: So Super-excellent: Music for the Annual Festa
7: Only a few appear and often none: The Scole in decline, 1650-1807
Part II: The Scole Piccole
8: Processions, vespers, songs, and organ: The Scole Piccole and Music to 1600
9: An honorable and necessary work: The Scole Piccole in the 17th century
10: With jubilant voices: The Final Century of Music at the Scole Piccole, 1700-1807
Conclusions
Appendix I: Processions and Ceremonies of the Scole Grandi
Appendix II: A Calendar of Religious Occasions Celebrated by the Scole
Appendix III: Musicians for the Festa di San Rocco, 1595-1634
Appendix IV: The Venetian Monetary System
