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Author Hammond, Nicholas, 1963- author.

Title The powers of sound and song in early modern Paris / Nicholas Hammond
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 203 pages)
Series Perspectives on sensory history
Perspectives on sensory history.
Contents The sounds of Paris -- Singers and listeners -- Informe de tout : sound and power, 1661-1662 -- The death and afterlife of Jacques Chausson -- Guitaut, Conde, and the Cordon bleu -- Different worlds
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Louis XIV
Paris
Pont-Neuf
Song
early modern
seventeenth century
sexuality
sound studies
street songs
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196)and index
Notes In English
Description based on print version record
Subject City sounds -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century
Songs, French -- France -- Paris -- 17th century -- History and criticism
HISTORY / Europe / France
City sounds
Civilization
Songs, French
SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Civilization -- 17th century
Paris (France) -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098049
Subject France -- Paris
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Pennsylvania State University Press, publisher.
LC no. 2019025597
ISBN 9780271085531
0271085533