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Author:   Christine Getz
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780253007872

ISBN 10:   0253007879
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   08 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Venerating the Veil: The Madonna Of Miracles at Santa Maria presso San Celso 2. The Art of Lamenting: The Cult of the Madonna Addolorata at Santa Maria dei Servi History of the Cult of the Madonna Addolorata 3. Singing before a Madonna on the Pilaster: The Society of the Ave Maria in Duomo 4. Invoking the Mulier Fortis: The Confraternity of The Rosary 5. Clothed in the Sun and Standing on the Moon: Meditating Motherhood in the Cult of the Madonna del Parto Epilogue: The Case of Santa Maria Segreta Appendix A: Documents Appendix B: Pay records for the singers of the Ave Maria in Duomo Appendix C: Contents of Selected Collections by Milanese Composers Appendix D: Musical Examples Notes Bibliography Index

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Mary, Music, and Meditation provides a comprehensive and well-documented view of how Marian devotion worked, socially and sonically, in one important early modern city. By looking at confraternities, church devotion, and little-known music, Getz shows how central this piety was to sacred culture in Milan across several generations, with music being one of its primary conduits. Robert L. Kendrick, University of Chicago

<p> This meticulously researched book investigates popular piety directed toward the Virgin Mary in post-Tridentine Milan. Encouraged by Archbishop Carlo Borromeo and given added impetus by the plague of 1576, Milanese citizens increasingly turned to Mary as miracle worker, font of mercy, protector of humanity and their city, and intercessor with her Son for the practical and spiritual relief of supplicants. Through her imaginative and insightful study of five major cults of the Virgin, Prof. Getz uncovers in these Marian devotions consistent programmatic relationships among theological concepts, their textual and musical expression, and their visual representation in church iconography --Jeffrey Kurtzman, Washington University, St. Louis--Jeffrey Kurtzman, Washington University, St. Louis

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Christine Getz is Associate Professor of Musicology and Dean's Scholar at the University of Iowa.

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