Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna
- Author: Page, Janet K.
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Contents
- Introduction: female convents and music in Vienna, 1650-1785;
- 1. Columbina in the convent: the music of entrance, clothing, and profession in Viennese convents;
- 2. Maria Anna von Raschenau and music at the convent of St Jakob auf der Hulben;
- 3. Court, music, and Counter-Reformation education in an Ursuline convent;
- 4. 'A virtual picture of Arcadia': musical entertainments for Leopold I and Joseph I;
- 5. Commedia dell'arte, talking animals, and the three Marys: passion music in Viennese convents;
- 6. Convents, music, and Habsburg rule in eighteenth-century Vienna; Appendix
- 1. Plays, oratorios, cantatas, Sepolcri, and Feste teatrali performed in Viennese convents, ca.1660-1774; Appendix
- 2. Selected documents; Appendix
- 3. The Habsburgs and their family connections; Appendix
- 4. Glossary of terms and titles.