Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court: Music and the Circulation of Power - Rilegato

Cusick, Suzanne G.

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ISBN 10: 0226132129 ISBN 13: 9780226132129

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2009

Riassunto

A contemporary of Shakespeare and Monteverdi, and a colleague of Galileo and Artemisia Gentileschi at the Medici court, Francesca Caccini was a dominant musical figure there for thirty years. Dazzling listeners with the transformative power of her performances and the sparkling wit of the music she composed for more than a dozen court theatricals, Caccini is best remembered today as the first woman to have composed opera.Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court reveals for the first time how this multitalented composer established a fully professional musical career at a time when virtually no other women were able to achieve comparable success.

Suzanne Cusick argues that Caccini’s career depended on the usefulness of her talents to the political agenda of Grand Duchess Christine de Lorraine, Tuscany’s de facto regent from 1606 to 1636. Drawing on Classical and feminist theory, Cusick shows how the music Caccini made for the Medici court sustained the culture that enabled Christine’s power, thereby also supporting the sexual and political aims of its women.

In bringing Caccini’s surprising story so vividly to life, Cusick ultimately illuminates how music making functioned in early modern Italy as a significant medium for the circulation of power.

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L'autore:

Suzanne G. Cusick is professor of music at New York University.

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Book by Cusick Suzanne G

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0226132129
• ISBN 13: 9780226132129
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 445