This book examines the predominantly oral practice of singing lyric poetry among members of the Neapolitan aristocracy in southern Italy during the late-fifteenth century. The tradition of singing Neapolitan lyric developed and gradually gained ascendancy in the Kingdom of Naples over the nearly sixty years of the Aragonese dynasty (1442-1501)-both in the capital city of Naples and at feudal courts throughout the Kingdom's rural provinces. The surviving song repertory and its preservation in late-fifteenth-century musical and literary sources bear witness not only to these varied performance...
This book examines the predominantly oral practice of singing lyric poetry among members of the Neapolitan aristocracy in southern Italy during the la...
This book examines the predominantly oral practice of singing lyric poetry among members of the Neapolitan aristocracy in southern Italy during the late-fifteenth century. The tradition of singing Neapolitan lyric developed and gradually gained ascendancy in the Kingdom of Naples over the nearly sixty years of the Aragonese dynasty (1442-1501)-both in the capital city of Naples and at feudal courts throughout the Kingdom's rural provinces. The surviving song repertory and its preservation in late-fifteenth-century musical and literary sources bear witness not only to these varied performance...
This book examines the predominantly oral practice of singing lyric poetry among members of the Neapolitan aristocracy in southern Italy during the la...
