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Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan / Edition 1
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Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan / Edition 1
Current price: $295.00
Barnes and Noble
Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan / Edition 1
Current price: $295.00
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The most famous musicians of early modern Milan were its cloistered nuns, despite the efforts of church officials to limit their musical lives. This book details the cultural context, religious traditions, musical styles, and personal meaning of the music written by and for them from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth century, and outlines the ways in which their status as female virgins wasand was notcentral to the musical expression of their piety.