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Sounding Objects: Musical Instruments, Poetry, and Art in Renaissance France

Contributor(s): Zecher, Carla (Author)

ISBN: 9780802090140

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Pub Date: March 1, 2007

Dewey: 784.4409031

LCCN: 2007534218

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.94" H x 9.23" L x 6.36" W ( 1.17 lbs) 255 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | Renaissance

Series: Heritage

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Description:

Drawing on music treatises and archival sources as well as poems, paintings, and engravings, this unique study aims to enrich our understanding of the interplay of poetry, music, and art in this period, and highlights the importance of musical materiality to Renaissance culture.

Brief description:

Carla Zecher is Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

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