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OverviewBurdened by famine, the plague, and economic hardship in the 1500s, the troubled citizens of Milan, mindful of their mortality, turned toward the veneration of the Virgin Mary and the creation of evangelical groups in her name. By 1594 the diversity of these lay religious organizations reflected in microcosm the varied expressions of Marian devotion in the Italian peninsula. Using archival documents, meditation and music books, and iconographical sources, Christine Getz examines the role of music in these Marian cults and confraternities in order to better understand the Church's efforts at using music to evangelize outside the confines of court and cathedral through its most popular saint. Getz reveals how the private music making within these cults, particularly among women, became the primary mode through which the Catholic Church propagated its ideals of femininity and motherhood. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christine GetzPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9780253007872ISBN 10: 0253007879 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 08 July 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Venerating the Veil: The Madonna Of Miracles at Santa Maria presso San Celso 2. The Art of Lamenting: The Cult of the Madonna Addolorata at Santa Maria dei Servi History of the Cult of the Madonna Addolorata 3. Singing before a Madonna on the Pilaster: The Society of the Ave Maria in Duomo 4. Invoking the Mulier Fortis: The Confraternity of The Rosary 5. Clothed in the Sun and Standing on the Moon: Meditating Motherhood in the Cult of the Madonna del Parto Epilogue: The Case of Santa Maria Segreta Appendix A: Documents Appendix B: Pay records for the singers of the Ave Maria in Duomo Appendix C: Contents of Selected Collections by Milanese Composers Appendix D: Musical Examples Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsMary, Music, and Meditation provides a comprehensive and well-documented view of how Marian devotion worked, socially and sonically, in one important early modern city. By looking at confraternities, church devotion, and little-known music, Getz shows how central this piety was to sacred culture in Milan across several generations, with music being one of its primary conduits. Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago <p> This meticulously researched book investigates popular piety directed toward the Virgin Mary in post-Tridentine Milan. Encouraged by Archbishop Carlo Borromeo and given added impetus by the plague of 1576, Milanese citizens increasingly turned to Mary as miracle worker, font of mercy, protector of humanity and their city, and intercessor with her Son for the practical and spiritual relief of supplicants. Through her imaginative and insightful study of five major cults of the Virgin, Prof. Getz uncovers in these Marian devotions consistent programmatic relationships among theological concepts, their textual and musical expression, and their visual representation in church iconography --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Washington University, St. Louis--Jeffrey Kurtzman, Washington University, St. Louis Author InformationChristine Getz is Associate Professor of Musicology and Dean's Scholar at the University of Iowa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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