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Sainte-Cécile, métamorphoses d'un thème musical
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ISBN: 2826605208 9782826605201 Year: 1974 Volume: 3 Publisher: Genève Minkoff Reprints


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Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance : the emergence of a musical icon
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ISBN: 9780226817101 0226817105 9780226817347 Year: 2022 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. The University of Chicago Press

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"How did an unmusical saint come to be portrayed as a musician and become the patron saint of musicians and music? Until the beginning of the fifteenth century, Saint Cecilia was perceived as one of many virgin martyrs, with no obvious musical skills or interests. During the next two centuries, however, she inspired many musical works written in her honor and a vast number of paintings that depicted her singing or playing an instrument. Why did so many composers start writing music that honored her as their patron saint? In this book, John A. Rice argues that Cecilia's association with music came about in several stages, involving Christian liturgy, visual arts, and music, and fostered by interactions between artists, musicians, and their patrons and the transfer of visual and musical traditions from northern Europe to Italy. The initial chapters explore the cult of the saint in Medieval times and through the sixteenth century, when, starting in 1502, the first guilds in the Low Countries and France chose Cecilia as their patron. The book then turns to the music and the explosion of polyphonic vocal works written in Cecilia's honor between 1530 and 1620 by the most celebrated composers in Europe, as well as a group of about fifty Cecilian Renaissance motets, mostly by Northern European composers, which are brought together here for the first time. The book also explores the wealth of visual representations of Saint Cecilia especially during the Italian Renaissance, among which Raphael's 1515 painting, "The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia," is but the most famous example, and concludes with the development of the cult of Cecilia in England. Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance is the definitive portrait of Saint Cecilia as a figure of musical inspiration"--


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Archäologie offenbart
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ISSN: 15734188 ISBN: 9789004270411 9004270418 9004227687 9789004227682 Year: 2014 Volume: 185 Publisher: Leiden

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Die marmorne Liegestatue der frühchristlichen Jungfrau und Märtyrerin Cäcilie, die sich seit ihrer Entstehung zum Jubeljahr 1600 an ihrem ursprünglichen Aufstellungsort in Rom befindet, gilt aufgrund innovativer Rahmung und Formensprache als bahnbrechend in der westlichen Kunst. Im Hinblick auf ihren kulturellen, religiösen, sozialen und politischen Hintergrund wurde sie aber bislang noch nie umfassend untersucht. Die vorliegende, interdisziplinäre Studie widmet sich genau diesem Kraftfeld. Es bestimmt die Genese, Bedeutung und frühe Rezeption des Grabbildes Cäciliens wie auch des Stifters, Kardinal Paolo Camillo Sfondrato. Die Figur wirkt nicht nur im gesamten Kircheninnenraum der der Heiligen geweihten Basilika, sondern strahlt in eine wegweisende, frühmoderne Welt aus. Zugleich reflektiert sie Zeitströmungen derart, dass sie als künstlerische Summe ihrer Epoche gelten kann. The reclining marble statue of the early Christian virgin martyr Cecilia, completed by the Holy Year of 1600 and still in its original setting in the Roman basilica bearing the saint’s name, has long been recognised as a seminal work in Western art. Yet its cultural, religious, social and political background has never been comprehensively investigated. This interdisciplinary analysis explores the constellation of forces that shaped the genesis, meaning and early reception of the sculpture – a funeral image for both its donor, Cardinal Paolo Camillo Sfondrato, and Cecilia – as well as its impact on the church interior and the contemporary viewer. The cult image emerges as a synthesis of an epoch that is fundamental to our understanding of early modern culture.


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Music for St Cecilia's Day : from Purcell to Handel
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ISBN: 1787445038 1787445240 178327347X Year: 2019 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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In 1683 English court musicians and the Musical Society of London joined forces to celebrate St Cecilia's Day (22 November) with a feast and the performance of specially composed music. The most prominent composers and poets of the age wrote for these occasions, including Henry Purcell, John Blow, John Dryden and William Congreve.

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Music --- Saint Cecilia's Day --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- St. Cecilia's Day --- Holidays --- History and criticism. --- Songs and music. --- History --- Musical Society of London --- History. --- Cecilia, --- Cäcilia --- Händel, Georg Friedrich --- Purcell, Henry --- Songs and music --- 1600-1799 --- England --- Purcell, ... --- Purcel, ... --- Purcel, Henry --- Purcell, H. --- Purcell, Henri --- Purcel, Henri --- Komponist --- Organist --- London --- Purcell, Daniel --- 1659-1695 --- XX.XX.1659-21.11.1695 --- Händel, Georg-Friedrich --- Händel, Georg Friederich --- Händel, Georg Fr. --- Händel, Georg F. --- Händel, George Friedrich --- Händel, George Frideric --- Händel, George F. --- Händel, G. Friedrich --- Händel, G. Fr. --- Händel, G. F. --- Händel, G.F. --- Hændel, G.-F. --- Händel --- Händel, C. F. --- Händel, C.F. --- Händel, Friedrich G. --- Händel, F. G. --- Händel, F.G. --- Händel, H. --- Händl, F. G. --- Händl, F.G. --- Händl, Georg Friedrich --- Haendel, Georg Friedrich --- Haendel, Georg-Friedrich --- Haendel --- Händle, Georg Friedrich --- Handel, Georg Friedrich --- Handel, Georg Frederic --- Handel, Georg Frideric --- Handel, Georg F. --- Handel, George Friedrich --- Handel, George Friderick --- Handel, George Frideric --- Handel, George Fridric --- Handel, George Frederick --- Handel, George Frederic --- Handel, George F. --- Handel, Georgio Fredrico --- Handel, Georgio F. --- Handel, Giorgio Federico --- Handel, Goerg Friedrich --- Handel, G. F. --- Handel, G.F. --- Handel --- Handell --- Hendel, Georg Friedrich --- Hendel, George Friederich --- Hendel, Giorgio-Federico --- Hendel --- Hendeli, Georg Pʹridrix --- Häddelischen --- Halle (Saale) --- Hamburg --- Händel, Georg --- Händel, Dorothea --- Rotth, Christian August --- Flörcke, Johanna Friederike <> --- 1685-1759 --- 23.02.1685-14.04.1759 --- Cäcilia --- Cecilia --- Heilige --- Rom --- 200-230 --- Cäcilia, --- Caecilia, --- Cecelia, --- Cécile, --- Cecily, --- Cecylia, --- Angleterre --- Kingdom of England --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Engländer --- Großbritannien --- -1707 --- Cecelia --- Caecilia --- British music. --- Composers. --- Cultural celebration. --- Handel. --- Historical records. --- Music. --- Musical compositions. --- Musical diversity. --- Musical history. --- Musical influence. --- Musical performances. --- Purcell. --- St Cecilia's Day.

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