A sudden frenzy : improvisation, orality, and power in Renaissance Italy /

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"In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the ancient world and ancient literature, and the oral and improvisational performance of poetry which constituted one...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coleman, James K., 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
1268-1559
Vocal music > Italy > 15th century > History and criticism.
Folk poetry, Italian > History and criticism.
Performance poetry > Italy > History and criticism.
Italian poetry > 15th century > History and criticism.
Improvisation (Music) > History > 15th century.
Humanism > Italy.
Renaissance > Italy.
Musique vocale > Italie > 15e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poésie populaire italienne > Histoire et critique.
Poésie-performance > Italie > Histoire et critique.
Poésie italienne > 15e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Improvisation (Musique) > Histoire > 15e siècle.
Humanisme > Italie.
Renaissance > Italie.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance.
Civilization
Folk poetry, Italian
Humanism
Improvisation (Music)
Italian poetry
Performance poetry
Renaissance
Vocal music
Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559.
Italie > Civilisation > 1268-1559.
Italy
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Literary criticism
Music criticism and reviews
Literary criticism.
Music criticism and reviews.
Critiques littéraires.
Comptes rendus de musique.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The uses of oral poetry in Quattrocento Florence
  • "Inspired and possessed": Marsilio Ficino and oral poetry
  • "Secret frenzies": Angelo Poliziano and invention
  • "The power to stir up others": Lorenzo de' Medici and improvisation
  • The improviser and the world of the courts.

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