ID - 3481199 TI - A paradise of priests : singing the civic and episcopal hagiography of medieval Liège PY - 2014 VL - 108 SN - 10719989 SN - 9781580464802 9781580468367 1580468365 1580464807 PB - Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, DB - UniCat KW - Church music KW - Christian saints KW - Musique d'église KW - Saints chrétiens KW - Cult KW - Culte KW - -27 <493 LIEGE> KW - 246.8 <09> KW - -Saints KW - Canonization KW - Pastoral music (Sacred) KW - Religious music KW - Sacred vocal music KW - Devotional exercises KW - Liturgics KW - Music KW - Music in churches KW - Psalmody KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--België--LIEGE KW - Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van ... KW - -History and criticism KW - History and criticism KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - -Kerkgeschiedenis--België--LIEGE KW - -Church music KW - 246.8 <09> Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van ... KW - Church music. KW - Liege KW - 500-1400 KW - History KW - Instruction & study KW - Theory. KW - Cult. KW - 500-1400. KW - Belgium KW - -246.8 <09> Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van ... KW - Musique d'église KW - Saints chrétiens KW - 27 <493 LIEGE> KW - Saints KW - Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van .. KW - Christelijke kerkgeschiedenis KW - Muziek KW - Cultuurgeschiedenis KW - Geschiedenis van de Nederlanden KW - anno 1200-1499 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Luik KW - Christian church history KW - History of civilization KW - History of the Low Countries KW - Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van . KW - Religieuze muziek--Geschiedenis van KW - Church music - Belgium - Liège - 500-1400 KW - Christian saints - Cult - Belgium - Liège KW - Liège KW - Hagiographie KW - Church Musicians. KW - Churches. KW - Civic Function. KW - Clergymen. KW - Diocese. KW - Episcopal Origins. KW - Hagiography. KW - Image. KW - Interdisciplinary. KW - Liturgy. KW - Low Countries. KW - Medieval Liège. KW - Music. KW - Musicology. KW - Religious Worship. KW - Ritual. KW - Saintly Persona. KW - Text. KW - Urban Studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3481199 AB - In the "priestly paradise" of medieval Liège, sacred music became a pervasive and versatile medium by which the clergy promoted the holy status of their city. While this hotbed of female piety and Eucharistic devotion is recognized as a center of liturgical innovation and clerical writing, the symbiosis of saintly and civic ideals voiced in locally composed plainchant and polyphony has remained overlooked. The key to unlocking the civic meaning of this music lies in the saints' legends and bishops' deeds from which it emerged and in the rituals and performance spaces in which it was heard. In 'A Paradise of Priests', Catherine Saucier forges new interdisciplinary connections between musicology, the liturgical arts, the cult of saints, church history, and urban studies to demonstrate how 'liégeois' clerics constructed a civic sacred identity through sung rituals in conjunction with hagiographic writing and relic display. Focusing on the veneration and influence of five bishops active between the seventh and sixteenth centuries, Saucier explains how the performance of sacred music accrued new meanings at moments of signal importance in the life of the city. 'A Paradise of Priests' is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in the history of the Low Countries, hagiography and its reception, and ecclesiastical institutions. Catherine Saucier is Assistant Professor of Music History at Arizona State University. ER -