| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 307 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
Introduction: Female convents and music in Vienna, 1650-1785 -- Columbina in the convent : the music of entrance, clothing, and profession in Viennese convents -- Maria Anna von Raschenau and music at the convent of St. Jakob auf der Hülben -- Court, music, and counter-reformation education in an Ursuline convent -- "A virtual picture of Arcadia" : musical entertainments for Leopold I and Joseph I -- Commedia dell-arte, talking animals, and the three Marys : passion music in Viennese convents -- Convents, music, and Habsburg rule in eighteenth-century Vienna -- Appendix 1: Plays, oratorios, cantatas, sepolcri, and feste teatrali performed in Viennese convents ca. 1660-1774 -- Appendix 2: Selected documents -- Appendix 3: The Habsburgs and their family connections -- Appendix 4: Glossary of terms and titles |
| Summary |
Janet Page explores the golden age of convent music in Vienna, and the convents' surprising engagement with contemporary politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- Austria -- Vienna -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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Music -- Political aspects -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 18th century
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Music
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Music -- Political aspects
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Austria -- Vienna
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139922432 |
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1139922432 |
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1306716071 |
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9781306716079 |
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9781139856447 |
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1139856448 |
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9781107039087 |
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1107039088 |
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