Boccaccio and the Invention of Musical Narrative - Couverture souple

Beck, Eleonora M

 
9788883980848: Boccaccio and the Invention of Musical Narrative
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 8883980840 ISBN 13 : 9788883980848
Editeur : European Press Academic Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

This groundbreaking book argues that Boccaccio perfected a literary genre called "musical narrative," which was copied by generations of authors from Bembo to Machiavelli, Tolkien to J.K. Rowling. Musical narrative consists of a work of prose with inserted poetical texts, in which the author indicates that the texts are to be sung. Beck traces the genre back to the biblical Exodus and forward to Zarlino, Monteverdi and early opera. In her interdisciplinary work, Beck explores the ways writers, musicians, and painters in the Italian Renaissance made use of musical insertions to enhance secular and sacred stories that recount journeys. This study provides a new and provocative way of experiencing inserted lyrics, suggesting that readers heard music in the words on the page, just as they appreciated music when viewing representations of music in narrative painting.

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Éditeur
European Press Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8883980840
ISBN 13 
9788883980848
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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