Mourning Into Joy: Music, Raphael, and Saint Cecilia

by Thomas Connolly

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Although Saint Cecilia is venerated throughout the Western world as the patron saint of music and Raphael's famous painting The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia is filled with musical iconography, the ancient origins of Cecilia's association with music have long been shrouded in mystery. This book, a masterful investigation of the Cecilian cult from its beginnings in Christian antiquity down to the Renaissance, explains how Cecilia came to be linked...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300059019

ISBN13:9780300059014

Release Date:February 1995

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography History Musical Genres Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious & Sacred Music Religious Studies

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