Singing to the lyre in Renaissance Italy : memory, performance, and oral poetry / Blake Wilson.
Singing to the lyre in Renaissance Italy : memory, performance, and oral poetry / Blake Wilson.
Singing to the lyre in Renaissance Italy : memory, performance, and oral poetry / Blake Wilson.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/1130
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English
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xii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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"A primary mode for the creation and dissemination of poetry in Renaissance Italy was the oral practice of singing and improvising verse to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument. Singing to the Lyre is the first comprehensive study of this ubiquitous practice, which was cultivated by performers ranging from popes, princes, and many artists, to...
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Singing to the lyre in Renaissance Italy : memory, performance, and oral poetry / Blake Wilson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/1130
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74VKaZajwgzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZajwgzX
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9781108488075 hardcover
1108488072 hardcover
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782.43094509031
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991024290915702626
