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Baronial Patronage of Music in Early Modern Rome

Morucci, Valerio

2018

Overview

iThis is the first dedicated study of the musical patronage of a Roman baronial family in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Patronage – the support of a person or institution and their work by a patron – in Renaissance society was the basis of a complex network of familial and political relationships between clients and patrons, whose ideas, values, and norms of behavior were shared with the collective. Bringing to light new archival documentation, this book examines the intricate network of patronage interrelationships in Rome. Unlike other Italian cities where political control was monocentric and exercised by single rulers, sources of patronage in Rome comprised a multiplicity of courts and potential patrons, which included the pope, high prelates, nobles, and foreign diplomats. Morucci uses archival records, and the correspondence of the Orsini and Colonna families in particular, to investigate the local activity and circulation of musicians and the cultivation of music within the broader civic network of Roman aristocratic families during the period. The author also shows that the familial union of the Medici and Orsini families established a bidirectional network for artistic exchange outside of the Eternal City, and that the Orsini-Colonna circle represented a musical bridge between Naples, Rome, and Florence.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Baronial patronage / Baroque Music (1600-1750) / Early Modern Europe / Felice Orsini / Marcantonio II Colonna / Medieval & Renaissance (1000-1600) / Music and aristocracy / Music and aristocracy -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century / Music and aristocracy -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century / Music patronage / Music patronage -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 16th century / Music patronage -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 17th century / Paolo Giordano I Orsini / Paolo Giordano II Orsini / Virginio Orsini
• ISBN: 9781138235335, 1138235334, 0367591243, 9780367591243