Volume 11 (2005) No. 1
Reviewed by Kimberlyn Montford
Holy Concord within Sacred Walls: Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575–1700. By Colleen Reardon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. [viii, 289 pp. ISBN 0-19-513295-5. $65.]
Holy Concord within Sacred Walls: Nuns and Music in Siena, 1575–1700. By Colleen Reardon. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Chapter Titles
1.“Illustrious Sienese Women Worthy of Remembrance”: Nuns and Convent Life in Siena, 1550–1700
2. Gl’angeli mettano una corona alla monaca che canta: Musical Activities in the Early Modern Sienese Convent
3. Veni, veni soror nostra: Clothing, Profession, and Consecration Ceremonies in Sienese Convents
4. Foolish Virgins: Music in Sienese Convent Theatrical Productions during the Seventeenth Century
5. Divas in the Convent: The Role of Music in the vite of Sienese Holy Women
6. Alla città ritorna: The Chigi, the Convent, and Opera in Siena, 1669–1686
7. Weeping and Rejoicing: Lamentations and Motets for Nuns in Seventeenth-Century Siena