Music and the Identity Process

The National Churches of Rome and their Networks in the Early Modern Period

Edited by Michela Berti Edited by Emilie Corswarem

Book cover: Music and the Identity Process

Extent: 436, 436 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts, Religious Studies

Series: Epitome musical

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(May 2020)

ISBN: 9782503588384

Price: $107.00

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Important centres of charity, hospitality and representation, the national churches of Rome were also major hubs of musical production. This collective work is the fruit of several years of largely unpublished research on the musical life of these institutions, considered for the first time as a whole. What it primarily brings to light is the common model which emerged from the interactions between the national churches, as well as between these and other Roman churches, in musical matters – eloquent example of a unifying cultural paradigm. The repertories used by these churches, the ceremonies and celebrations they orchestrated in the teatro del mondo which Rome constituted at the time, their role in the placing of musicians within the city’s professional networks are just some of the themes explored in this work. The cultural exchanges between the national churches and the “nations” that they represented in the pontifical city form another important area of investigation: whether musical or devotional, connecting places of worship and private palaces or extending from one side of the Alps to the other, these exchanges reveal the permeability that characterised many national traditions. At the heart of this richly illustrated study are two fundamental lines of inquiry: the fi rst concerns the processes of identity construction developed by communities installed in foreign lands, the second line of inquiry is cultural hybridity. In pursuing these, we aim to further understanding of the dialectics of exchange at work in Rome during the modern period.

  • Edited by Michela Berti
  • Edited by Emilie Corswarem