Powers of Sound and Song in Early Modern Paris

An interpretation of early modern Paris demonstrating that sound was as important as vision during the reign of Louis XIV. Discloses myriad ways in which sound generated an interpenetration of elite and popular culture, revealing complex acoustic dimensions of class, politics, sexuality, and punishment.

Lunga si spectaculoasa domnie a lui Ludovic al XIV-lea al Frantei este de obicei descrisa in termeni vizual coplesitori. In aceasta carte, Nicholas Hammond abordeaza sonor aceasta epoca remarcabila, deschizandu-ne urechile catre nenumaratele moduri in care sunetul a dezvaluit dimensiunile acustice complexe ale clasei, politicii si sexualitatii din Parisul secolului al XVII-lea. o melodie cu patru randuri din 1661 a lansat cercetarea lui Hammond asupra vietii celor doi barbati la care se face referire in aceasta - Jacques Chausson si Guillaume de Guitaut.