Barker, Naomi J.
(2019).
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Abstract
Frescobaldi’s Primo libro d’arie musicali (Florence: Landini, 1630) is richly decorated with figural emblems, with moral and political implications. In conjunction with the poetic texts, the emblems allude metaphorically to the city of Florence and the volume’s dedicatee, Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici, and also to Frescobaldi’s Roman patrons, the Barberini family. One emblem in particular ties Frescobaldi to the Bolognese academician Adriano Banchieri. The likely intellectual agent behind the emblems’ literary and political program was the connoisseur and courtier Lelio Guidiccioni. The book reflects a courtly listening practice: reading and contemplation as well as singing and hearing.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Keywords: | Frescobaldi; Arie musicali; emblems; patronage; Guidiccioni; book history; musical iconography |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Music Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Item ID: | 58671 |
| Depositing User: | Naomi Barker |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2019 14:10 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2020 19:29 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/58671 |
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