The gaze of the listener : English representations of domestic music-making / / Regula Hohl Trillini.
This study analyzes representations of music in fiction, drama and poetry as well as normative texts in order to contribute to a gendered cultural history of domestic performance. From the Tudors to the First World War, playing the harpsichord or piano was an indispensable asset of any potential bri...
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| Superior document: | Word and music studies ; 10 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Word and music studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Notes: | Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universität Basel, 2004. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Sex and the Virginals Gender and Keyboards around 1600
- “Musick in the House, Musick in the Heart, and Musick also in Heaven”: The Harpsichord
- “Accomplishments, Accomplishments, Accomplishments”: The Piano-Forté
- “Glorious disability” The Piano and the Mid-Victorians
- Triumph and Oblivion The Piano after 1880
- Conclusion
- References.