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Voice, slavery, and race in seventeenth-century Florence /

"Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, this book argues for the relevance of such individuals to the history of Western music and for the importance of sound-particularly musical and vocal sounds-to sy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilbourne, Emily (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Buonaccorsi, Giovannino, > -1674.
Music > Italy > Florence > 17th century > History and criticism.
Orientalism in music > History > 17th century.
Music > Social aspects > Italy > Florence > History > 17th century.
Music > Political aspects > Italy > Florence > History > 17th century.
Enslaved persons > Italy > Florence > Social conditions > History > 17th century.
Music and race > Italy > Florence > History > 17th century.
Singers > Italy > Florence > Biography.
Musique > Italie > Florence > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Aspect social > Italie > Florence > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Musique > Aspect politique > Italie > Florence > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Esclaves > Italie > Florence > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Musique et race > Italie > Florence > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Chanteurs > Italie > Florence > Biographies.
Orientalisme dans la musique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Classical.
Genres & Styles.
MUSIC.
History & Criticism.
Theory.
Instruction & Study.
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Music
Music and race
Music > Political aspects
Music > Social aspects
Orientalism in music
Singers
Italy > Florence
Music.
1600-1699
Electronic books.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Act one. Songs to Entertain Foreign Royalty ; Comic Songs Imitating Foreign Voices ; Music all'usanza loro (or Performed in a Foreign Way) ; "Turkish Music" in Italy ; Trumpets and Drums Played by Enslaved Musicians ; Scholarly Transcriptions of Foreign Musical Sounds ; Music Proper to Enslaved Singers ; Intermezzo : Thinking from Enslaved Lives
  • Act two. Introducing Giovannino Buonaccorsi ; Buonaccorsi Sings on the Florentine Stage ; Buonaccorsi as Court Jester ; Buonaccorsi as a Black Gypsy ; Buonaccorsi as a Soprano ; Buonaccorsi Sings on the Venetian Stage ; Intermezzo II: Thinking from Giovannino Buonaccorsi's Life ; Epilogo (Axiomatic).