The Voice of Virtue
Moral Song and the Practice of French Stoicism, 1574-1652
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 12 April 2023
- ISBN 9780197529744
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 163x236x28 mm
- Weight 694 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16 figures, 12 music examples, 2 tables 453
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Short description:
The Voice of Virtue illuminates the musical practices at the heart of the Neostoic movement that spread across French lands during the Wars of Religion in the latter half of the sixteenth century, revealing that virtue--as voiced in these Stoic practices--proves to be both rational and fully invested in the sensory processes of the singing body.
MoreLong description:
The Voice of Virtue illuminates the musical practices at the heart of the Neostoic movement that spread across French lands during the Wars of Religion in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Guided by twin reparative traditions granting music and philosophy therapeutic power, composers and performers across the embattled Catholic and Protestant confessions turned to moral song as a means of repairing personal and collective virtue damaged by the ongoing conflict. Moral song collections enlarged interest in Stoic philosophy by circulating its ethical program to a broader audience through attractive paraphrases of Stoic maxims set to music. Even more importantly, this skillfully composed repertoire of polyphonic song offered a multi-sensory moral practice that would have resonated powerfully for those well-versed in the paradoxes of the Stoic tradition. Bringing together a repertoire of little-known music prints, a rich visual culture, and an impressive body of literary and philosophical sources, The Voice of Virtue not only illuminates the influence of Stoicism on music, but also reveals that we cannot fully understand Neostoicism as an intellectual or cultural movement without accounting for its vibrant musical sounds. Virtue, as voiced in these Stoic practices, proves to be both rational and fully invested in the sensory processes of the singing body.
This vividly-written and strikingly original study shows how song could act as a crucial tool for individual and collective moral repair at a time when France was riven by war and religious dispute. Through a meticulously researched exploration of Stoic currents in musical culture, Latour convincingly argues that moral song became a significant mode of informal philosophy as early modern French people sought to live well, to cultivate virtue, and to face adversity.
Table of Contents:
List of Tables, Figures, and Examples
List of Web Examples
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Neostoic Remedies
Chapter 2: Imprinting Virtue
Chapter 3: The Exercise of Harmony
Chapter 4: Musical Paradoxes
Chapter 5: Sensing Beauty
Chapter 6: Sound Judgment
Chapter 7: Moral Ordering
Chapter 8: Rehearsing Death
Conclusion: Suspensions of Desire
Appendix
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