O Let Us Howle Some Heavy Note
Music for Witches, the Melancholic, and the Mad on the Seventeenth-Century English Stage
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.In the 17th century, harmonious sounds were thought to represent the well-ordered body of the obedient subject, and, by extension, the well-ordered state; conversely, discordant, unpleasant music represented both those who caused disorder (murderers, drunkards, witches, traitors) and those who suffered from bodily disorders (melancholics, madmen, and madwomen). While these theoretical correspondences seem straightforward, in theatrical practice the musical portrayals of disorderly characters were multivalent and often ambiguous.O Let Us Howle Some Heavy Note focuses on the various ways that theatrical music represented disorderly subjects—those who presented either a direct or metaphorical threat to the health of the English kingdom in 17th-century England. Using theater music to examine narratives of social history, Winkler demonstrates how music reinscribed and often resisted conservative, political, religious, gender, and social ideologies.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2006-11-01
- Mått156 x 235 x 16 mm
- Vikt476 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieIndiana University Press
- Antal sidor248
- FörlagIndiana University Press
- ISBN9780253348050