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Bonfire Songs: Savonarola's Musical Legacy (Oxford Monographs on Music)
Bonfire Songs Savonarola's Musical Legacy - Oxford Monographs on Music
Author: Patrick Macey
An underground tradition of sacred songs--Italian laude--thrived in Italy during the sixteenth century. The texts of many were written by the condemned heretic Fra Girolamo Savonarola, who was burned at the stake in Florence in 1498. This study explores the religious and social functions of these laude during Savonarola's time in Florence. It al...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198166696
ISBN-10: 0198166699
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 359
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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