Performing Piety
| Author | : A. Yardley |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 2016-09-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781137057334 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1137057335 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (335 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Performing Piety by : A. Yardley
Download or read book Performing Piety written by A. Yardley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing questions about the musical life in English nunneries in the later Middle Ages, Yardley pieces together a mosaic of nunnery musical life, where even the smallest convents sang the monastic offices on a daily basis and many of the larger houses celebrated the late medieval liturgy in all of its complexity.