The Musical Sounds of Medieval French Cities: Players, Patrons, and Politics

by Gretchen Peters

Book Overview

Drawing upon hundreds of newly uncovered archival records, Gretchen Peters reconstructs the music of everyday life in over twenty cities in late medieval France. Through the comparative study of these cities' political and musical histories, the book establishes that the degree to which a city achieved civic authority and independence determined the nature and use of music within the urban setting. The world of urban minstrels beyond civic patronage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316620824
• ISBN13: 9781316620823
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"