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Author Anderson, Michael Alan, 1975- author.

Title St. Anne in Renaissance music : devotion and politics / Michael Alan Anderson
Published New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 345 pages)
Contents Mary's mother : devotion, politics, and music -- Heritage and progeny in an office for St. Anne -- Of widowhood and maternity: La Rue's Missa de Sancta Anna -- Devotion and letters : St. Anne in pre-reformation Wittenberg -- A "divine favor" at the French court : in pursuit of a motet for St. Anne -- Devotion without borders : the afterlife of Celeste beneficium -- The French royal trinity, biblical humanism and chanted mass propers for St. Anne
Summary Devotion to Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary, reached its height in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Until now, Anne's reception history and political symbolism during this period have been primarily discussed through the lens of art history. This is the first study to explore the music that honoured the saint and its connections to some of the most prominent court cultures of western Europe. Michael Alan Anderson examines plainchant and polyphonic music for Saint Anne, in sources both familiar and previously unstudied, to illuminate not only Anne's wide-ranging intercessional capabilities but also the political force of the music devoted to her. Whether viewed as a fertility aide, wise mother, or dynastic protector, she modelled a number of valuable roles that rulers reflected in the music of their devotional programmes to project their noble lineage and prestige
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint -- Songs and music -- History and criticism
SUBJECT Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint fast
Anna Heilige gnd
Subject Motets -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Masses -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Sacred vocal music -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Church music -- Catholic Church -- 16th century
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Church music -- Catholic Church
Masses
Motets
Sacred vocal music
Songs
Geistliche Musik
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139922999
1139922998
9781107297104
1107297109