Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna

Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781107039087
ISBN-13 : 1107039088
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Book Synopsis Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna by : Janet K. Page

Download or read book Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna written by Janet K. Page and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet K. Page explores the interaction of music and piety, court and church, as seen through the relationship between the Habsburg court and Vienna's convents. In the first full-length study of its kind, she reveals a golden age of convent music in Vienna and the convents' surprising engagement with contemporary politics.


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