| A Paradise of Priests: Singing the Civic and Episcopal Hagiography of Medieval Liège Contributor(s): Saucier, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580464807 ISBN-13: 9781580464802 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - Christian - Religion | Christianity - History - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 781.712 |
| LCCN: 2013043813 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.45 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Medieval Liège was the seat of a vast diocese in northwestern Europe and a city of an exceptional number of churches, clergymen, and church musicians. Recognized as a priestly paradise, the city accommodated as many Masses each day as Rome. In this volume, musicologist Catherine Saucier examines the music of religious worship in Liège and reveals within the liturgy and ritual a civic function by which local clerics promoted the holy status of their city. Analyzing hagiographic and historical writings, religious art, and sung ceremonies relevant to the city's genesis, destruction, and eventual rebirth, Saucier uncovers richly varied ways in which liégeois clergymen fused music with text, image, and ritual to celebrate the city's sacred episcopal origins and saintly persona. A Paradise of Priests forges new interdisciplinary connections between musicology, the liturgical arts, the cult of saints, church history, and urban studies, and is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in the history of the Low Countries, hagiography and its reception, and ecclesiastical institutions. CatherineSaucier is assistant professor of music history at Arizona State University. |