Singing to the Lyre in Renaissance Italy: Memory, Performance, and Oral Poetry

by R. Blake Wilson and R. Blake Wilson

A primary mode for the creation and dissemination of poetry in Renaissance Italy was the oral practice of singing and improvising verse to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument. Singing to the Lyre is the first comprehensive study of this ubiquitous practice, which was cultivated by performers ranging from popes, princes, and many artists, to professionals of both mercantile and humanist background. Common to all was a strong degree of mixed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108488072
• ISBN13: 9781108488075
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.9"