{"product_id":"monteverdis-unruly-women-the-power-of-song-in-early-modern-italy-paperback-9780521120265","title":"Monteverdi's Unruly Women; The Power of Song in Early Modern Italy (Paperback) 9780521120265","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMonteverdi's Unruly Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Power of Song in Early Modern Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book uses the music of Monteverdi, written between 1600–40, to illuminate understandings of music, science, culture and the female body.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBonnie Gordon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521120265, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Her study provides a context for future studies of women and the portrayal of women in music in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.\"  \u003cbr\u003e  --The Opera Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMonteverdi's Unruly Women examines the composer's madrigals and music dramas for what they can tell us about the musical and cultural world of singing and the voice in early modern Italy. Monteverdi's music demanded trained, female voices to make dramatic and expressive statements. At a time when singing was not entirely acceptable for respectable women his music allowed women to use their voices to gain power. Bonnie Gordon also explores the social and musical environment in which the singers lived and worked. Using key primary source material such as singing treatises and Renaissance writings on medicine and acoustics, Gordon contributes to two distinct disciplines: she brings an increased engagement with medical and literary representations of the female body to the growing field of scholarship treating gender and music, and adds to a well-established industry of scholarship devoted to the perception of gender and the body in early modern Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Vocal anatomies: mouths, breath and throats in early modern Italy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Back talk: the power of female song on the stage\u003cbr\u003e 3. Madrigalian desire: the convergence of love and sex in madrigals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Emblazoning Angioletta: musical fantasies and dissection\u003cbr\u003e 5. Angry ladies: changing experiences of sensations\u003cbr\u003e Coda.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e], Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medieval \u0026amp; Renaissance music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medieval%20\u0026amp;%20Renaissance%20music%20%5Bc%201000%20to%20c%201600%5D%20%5BAVGC2%5D%22\"\u003ec 1000 to c 1600 AVGC2\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004012974360,"sku":"9780521120265","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521120265i_0fdf4eaa-29bc-4fd1-848e-6f0f3061e88d.jpg?v=1691371676","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/monteverdis-unruly-women-the-power-of-song-in-early-modern-italy-paperback-9780521120265","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}