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853655
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Saucier, Catherine
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A paradise of priests : : singing the civic and episcopal hagiography of medieval Liège /\ Catherine Saucier.
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| Publication Statement
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Rochester :: University of Rochester Press ;Woodbridge, UK :: Boydell & Brewer,, 2014.
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, ©2014
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| Series Statement
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Eastman studies in music,; volume 108
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1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1580468365
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: 9781580468367
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1580464807
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9781580464802
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Editorial Conventions; Introduction: The Sound of Civic Sanctity in the Priestly Paradise of Liège; 1 Martyred Bishops and Civic Origins: Promoting the Clerical City; 2 The Intersecting Cults of Saints Theodard and Lambert: Validating Bishops as Martyrs; 3 The Civic Cult of Saint Hubert: Venerating Bishops as Founders; 4 Clerical Concord, Disharmony, and Polyphony: Commemorating Bishop Notger's City.
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Introduction : the sound of civic sanctity in the priestly paradise of Liège -- Martyred bishops and civic origins : promoting the clerical city -- The intersecting cults of saints Theodard and Lambert : validating bishops as martyrs -- The civic cult of Saint Hubert : venerating bishops as founders -- Clerical concord, disharmony, and polyphony : commemorating Bishop Notger's city -- Military triumph, civic destruction, and the changing face of Saint Lambert's relics : invoking the defensor patriae -- Conclusion : hearing civic sanctity -- Appendix : medieval service books preserving the chant repertory sung in the city of Liège.
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Military Triumph, Civic Destruction, and the Changing Face of Saint Lambert's Relics: Invoking the Defensor PatriaeConclusion: Hearing Civic Sanctity; Appendix: Service Books Preserving the Medieval Chant Repertory Sung in the City of Liège; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.
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In the ""priestly paradise"" of medieval Liège, sacred music became a pervasive and versatile medium by which the clergy promoted the holy status of their city. While this hotbed of female piety and Eucharistic devotion is recognized as a center of liturgical innovation, the symbiosis of saintly and civic ideals voiced in locally composed plainchant and polyphony has remained overlooked. Musicologist Catherine Saucier forges new interdisciplinary connections to demonstrate how 'liégeois' clerics constructed a civic sacred identity through sung rituals in conjunction with hagiographic writing a.
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Christian saints-- Cult-- Belgium-- Liège.
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Church music-- Belgium-- Liège-- 500-1400.
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Christian saints-- Cult.
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Church music.
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Heiligenverehrung
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Kirchenmusik
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MUSIC-- Instruction Study-- Theory.
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Belgium, Liège.
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Lüttich
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| Dewey Classification
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781.7120949346
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| LC Classification
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ML3026.8.L54S38 2014eb
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