Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara

Laurie Stras (University of Huddersfield)

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English

Cambridge University Press
14 May 2020

Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Sacred & religious music; Gender studies: women

Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism

The musica secreta or concerto delle dame of Duke Alfonso II d'Este, an ensemble of virtuoso female musicians that performed behind closed doors at the castello in Ferrara, is well-known to music history. Their story is often told by focussing on the Duke's obsessive patronage and the exclusivity of their music. This book examines the music-making of four generations of princesses, noblewomen and nuns in Ferrara, as performers, creators, and patrons from a new perspective. It rethinks the relationships between polyphony and song, sacred and secular, performer and composer, patron and musician, court and convent.

With new archival evidence and analysis of music, people, and events over the course of the century, from the role of the princess nun musician, Leonora d'Este, to the fate of the musica secreta's jealously guarded repertoire, this radical approach will appeal to musicians and scholars alike.

By: Laurie Stras (University of Huddersfield)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 730g
ISBN: 9781108815482
ISBN 10: 1108815480
Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism
Pages: 415
Publication Date: 14 May 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laurie Stras is Research Professor of Music at the University of Huddersfield, where she teaches and researches sixteenth-century music, popular music, and music and disability. She is co-director of the ensemble Musica Secreta, with whom she has made four acclaimed recordings, including Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter, winner of the 2016 Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society.

Reviews for Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara

'In Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara, Laurie Stras has produced a highly accessible and important volume - thoroughly researched and elegantly written - that throws open the clouded window that has, until now, obscured our understanding of this chapter in music history ... Stras offers a second life to the musical women of sixteenth-century Ferrara.' Rebecca Cypess, Music and Letters 'In Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara, Laurie Stras has produced a highly accessible and important volume - thoroughly researched and elegantly written - that throws open the clouded window that has, until now, obscured our understanding of this chapter in music history ... Stras offers a second life to the musical women of sixteenth-century Ferrara.' Rebecca Cypess, Music and Letters