Divas In The Convent : Nuns, Music and Defiance In Seventeenth-Century Italy.

This book looks at the importance of music in the life of nuns through an examination of the work of composer Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590-1662) and her fellow nuns at Santa Cristina. With a preface to the new edition, notes, a glossary, further reading and listening, and an index. 32 figures. 4 music examples.

xxiv, 272 p.; 23 cm.
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Language: English
ISBN: 0226535193
ISBN13: 9780226535197
UPC: 9780226535197