An edition of The gaze of the listener (2008)

The gaze of the listener

English representations of domestic music-making

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An edition of The gaze of the listener (2008)

The gaze of the listener

English representations of domestic music-making

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Rodopi
Language
English
Pages
249

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Table of Contents

Ideals : music and gender
Practice : the piano
Representation : the gaze of the listener
Sex and the virginals : gender and keyboards around 1600 ("Muche musike marreth mennes maners" ; "Sweet was musig, sweeter is the layde" ; "Thou, my music" : Shakespeare sonnets)
"Musick in the house, musick in the heart, and musick also in heaven" : the harpsichord (Prescriptions ; Representations)
"Accomplishments, accomplishments, accomplishments" : the piano-forte ("Accomplishments have taken virtue's place" ; Courtship narratives ; Counter-narratives)
"Glorious disability" : the piano and the mid-Victorians (Gender and courtship ; Practice and prescription at home ; Strategies of representation : 'Handel with care')
Triumph and oblivion : the piano after 1880 (Victorian transmutations ; Triumph : passion and professionalism ; Beyond the piano)
Conclusion
References (Primary works ; Secondary works).

Edition Notes

Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universität Basel, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-249).

Published in
Amsterdam, New York, NY
Series
Word and music studies -- 10

Classifications

Library of Congress
PN56.M87 H64 2008, ML79 .H64, ML79 .H64 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 249 p. :
Number of pages
249

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25535653M
ISBN 10
9042024895
ISBN 13
9789042024892
OCLC/WorldCat
298777211

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16917790W

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