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Singing to the Lyre in Renaissance Italy - Memory, Performance, and Oral Poetry (Paperback)
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Singing to the Lyre in Renaissance Italy - Memory, Performance, and Oral Poetry (Paperback)
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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 orality
based on a synergy between writing and the oral operations of
memory, improvisation, and performance. As a cultural practice
deeply rooted in language and supported by ancient precedent,
cantare ad lyram (singing to the lyre) is also a reflection of
Renaissance cultural priorities, including the status of vernacular
poetry, the study and practice of rhetoric, the oral foundations of
humanist education, and the performative culture of the courts
reflected in theatrical presentations and Castiglione's Il
cortegiano.
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