Listening to Early Modern Catholicism

Daniele V. Filippi, Ph.D. (Pavia/Cremona, 2004) is a Research Fellow at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel, Switzerland). Among his publications are Selva armonica: La musica spirituale a Roma tra Cinque e Seicento (2008) and Tomás Luis de Victoria (2008). Michael Noone, Ph.D. (King’s College, Cambridge, 1990) is Professor and Chair of Music at Boston College. His publications include Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy under the Habsburgs, 1563–1700 (1998) and Códice 25 de la catedral de Toledo (2003).

“Listening to Early Modern Catholicism is an absorbing collection that, among other things, patiently undermines the cliché. The case studies and topical overviews show a remarkable degree of diversity, adaptability, and autonomy [...] This volume does fine service in naming a lacuna in early modern studies, making a substantial contribution to filling it, all the while encouraging dialogue among a variety of scholarly disciplines, and gathering essential resources.”Michael O'Connor, St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, in Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme, Vol. 41 No 2 (2018), pp. 179–181.“an extremely rich and rewarding collection of essays that takes seriously new musicological concepts and methods.”Jutta Toelle, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3 (March 2018), pp. 457–458.“the collection makes a strong case for music as a neglected element in the study of early modern Catholicism and demonstrates that it performed a wide variety of roles. It is an excellent introduction to the field.” Jane Stevenson, University of Oxford. In: British Catholic History, Vol. 34 No. 2 (2018), pp. 353–355.“This book is a wonderful addition to the interdisciplinary exploration of soundscape study.” Bradford Lee Eden, Valparaiso, IN. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 50, No. 2 (Summer 2019), pp. 550–552.

• Notes on the EditorsNotes on the ContributorsList of Figures and ExamplesEditors’ NoteIntroductionDaniele V. Filippi and Michael NoonePart 1: The State of Research1Early Modern Catholicism: The State of ResearchJohn W. O’Malley2Music Among the Disciplines in Early Modern CatholicismRobert L. KendrickPart 2: Perspectives3Liturgical Music and Liturgical Experience in Early Modern ItalyMarco Gozzi4Musical Dispatches from the Heavenly JerusalemColleen Reardon5Singing the Community: Plainchant in Early Modern ‘petites écoles’Xavier Bisaro6Print Culture, Music, and Early Modern Catholicism in RomeJane A. Bernstein7‘Catechismum modulans docebat’: Teaching the Doctrine Through Singing in Early Modern CatholicismDaniele V. Filippi8Artistic Revival and Conquest of the Soul in Early Modern RomeAnne Piéjus9‘Changing their tune’: Sacred Music and the Recasting of English Post-Reformation Identity at St. Alban’s College, ValladolidAndrew Cichy10‘Mit singen und klingen’: Urban Processional Culture and the Soundscapes of Post-Reformation GermanyAlexander J. Fisher11‘Colpe mie venite a piangere’: The Penitential Cantata in Baroque RomeMargaret Murata12Music for the Soul: Death and Piety in Sixteenth-Century BarcelonaTess Knighton13‘Per cagion della musica tutte le strade erano piene’: Roles Played by Music in Articulating the Place of Confraternities in Early Modern Roman SocietyNoel O’Regan14Confraternity Multipart Singing: Contemporary Practice and Hypothetical Scenarios for the Early Modern EraIgnazio Macchiarella15Sounds from Fortresses of Faith and Ideal Cities: Society, Politics, and Music in Missionary Activities in the Americas, 1525–1575Egberto BermúdezIndex Nominum