Honoring God and the City. Music at the Venetian Confraternities, 1260-1807
von: Jonathan Glixon
Oxford University Press, 2003
ISBN: 9780195134896
Sprache: Englisch
390 Seiten, Download: 2651 KB
Format: PDF, auch als Online-Lesen
Preface | 9 | ||
Contents | 13 | ||
A Note on the Venetian Monetary System | 15 | ||
Abbreviations | 17 | ||
Part 1. The Scuole Grandi | 19 | ||
1. For the Honor of God | 21 | ||
The Founding of the Scuole | 21 | ||
The Statutes of the Scuole and Their Guiding Principles: Devotion, Charity, and Patriotism | 23 | ||
Honor, a Fourth Guiding Principle? | 24 | ||
Housing the Scuola: Church and Hall | 27 | ||
Membership | 32 | ||
The Organization of the Scuole | 35 | ||
Rules and Regulations | 40 | ||
The Finances of the Scuole | 44 | ||
Government Supervision and Regulation of the Scuole | 51 | ||
The Archives of the Scuole | 54 | ||
2. Gathering Together | 61 | ||
The Calendars of the Scuole | 61 | ||
The Annual Festa | 65 | ||
Processions | 68 | ||
Monthly and Weekly Ceremonies | 87 | ||
Funerals and Other Services for the Dead | 90 | ||
3. Singing for the Souls of Our Brothers | 95 | ||
Liturgical Chant | 95 | ||
The 1365 “Antefenario” of the Scuola della Carita` | 96 | ||
Organs and Organists | 100 | ||
Singing Brothers | 103 | ||
Instrumentalists | 105 | ||
4. Singing Praises to the Lord | 107 | ||
Beginnings: Petitions to the Council of Ten | 107 | ||
Early Difficulties: Attendance Problems of the Singers at the Scuola di San Marco | 110 | ||
Division of Labor: Cantadori di Corpi and Cantadori de Laude | 112 | ||
Disciplinary Problems with Singers | 117 | ||
The Question of Repertory | 119 | ||
Instrumentalists: Piffari and Strings | 120 | ||
Organs and Organists | 122 | ||
5. The Best in the City | 124 | ||
Cantadori Nuovi/Cantadori Solenni | 125 | ||
Cantadori Vecchi/Cantadori di Morti | 144 | ||
Instrumentalists | 147 | ||
Organs and Organists | 156 | ||
Singing Priests | 163 | ||
6. So Super-Excellent | 167 | ||
Singers’ Companies and Government Regulations | 169 | ||
Feste at San Giovanni Evangelista and the Carita` | 173 | ||
The Festa di San Rocco | 175 | ||
7. Only a Few Appear, and Often None | 180 | ||
Continuity of Tradition: Instrumental Ensembles | 181 | ||
Secular Singers at the Misericordia — A Last Remnant | 185 | ||
Priestly Singers for Church and Procession: | 187 | ||
Coristi and Mansionari di Coro | 187 | ||
Organs and Organists | 197 | ||
The Festa and Other Annual Occasions | 201 | ||
Music at the Three New Scuole Grandi | 206 | ||
Special Events | 208 | ||
Part 2. The Scuole Piccole | 211 | ||
8. Procession, Vespers, Songs, and Organ | 213 | ||
The Nature of the Scuole Piccole | 213 | ||
The Earliest Signs of Music at the Scuole Piccole: Piffari | 216 | ||
Music in Church and Procession | 218 | ||
Organs and Organists | 224 | ||
Laude at the Scuola dei Fiorentini | 227 | ||
9. An Honorable and Necessary Work | 229 | ||
Elaborate Music for the Annual Festivity | 229 | ||
Music for Pentecost at the Scuola dello Spirito Santo | 232 | ||
Disputes Between the Frari and its Scuole | 235 | ||
Music Beyond the Annual Festa: Compline, Processions, and Expositions of the Sacrament | 236 | ||
Laude at the Fraterna Grande di Sant’Antonino | 239 | ||
Organs and Organists | 240 | ||
The Musicians’ Scuola: The Sovvegno di Santa Cecilia | 245 | ||
10. With Jubilant Voices | 248 | ||
The Annual Festa and Freelance Maestri | 248 | ||
Beyond the Festa: Other Regular Celebrations | 252 | ||
Salaried Clerical Singers: The Coristi | 256 | ||
Holy Year Pilgimages to Rome | 260 | ||
Organs and Organists | 262 | ||
11. Conclusions | 268 | ||
Appendix 1. Processions and Ceremonies of the Scuole Grandi | 273 | ||
Appendix 2. A Calendar of Religious Occasions Celebrated by the Scuole | 279 | ||
January | 280 | ||
January | 281 | ||
February | 281 | ||
February | 282 | ||
February | 283 | ||
March | 283 | ||
March | 284 | ||
April | 284 | ||
April | 285 | ||
May | 285 | ||
May | 286 | ||
May | 287 | ||
May | 288 | ||
June | 288 | ||
June | 289 | ||
July | 289 | ||
July | 290 | ||
July | 291 | ||
August | 291 | ||
August | 292 | ||
August | 293 | ||
September | 293 | ||
September | 294 | ||
September | 295 | ||
October | 295 | ||
October | 296 | ||
November | 296 | ||
November | 297 | ||
November | 298 | ||
December | 298 | ||
December | 299 | ||
Other Regular Occasions | 299 | ||
Appendix 3. Musicians for the Festa of San Rocco, 1595–1634 | 301 | ||
Notes | 307 | ||
Glossary | 359 | ||
Bibliography | 363 | ||
Index | 377 | ||
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