{"product_id":"music-in-the-flesh-an-early-modern-musical-physiology-9780226826882","title":"Music in the Flesh: An Early Modern Musical Physiology","description":"\u003cb\u003eA corporeal history of music-making in early modern Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic in the Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines the lived experiences of music-making subjects--composers, performers, listeners--in the long seventeenth century. There are countless historical testimonies of the powerful effects of music upon the early modern body; it is described as moving, ravishing, painful, dangerous, curative, and miraculous while affecting \"the circulation of the humors, the purification of the blood, the dilation of the vessels and pores.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How were these early modern European bodies constituted that music generated such potent bodily-spiritual effects? Bettina Varwig argues that early modern music-making practices challenge our modern understanding of human nature as a mind-body dichotomy. Instead, they persistently affirm a more integrated anthropology, in which body, soul, and spirit remain inextricably entangled. Moving with ease across repertories and regions, sacred and vernacular musics, and domestic and public settings, Varwig sketches a \"musical physiology\" that is as historically illuminating as it is relevant for present-day performance. This book makes a significant contribution not just to the history of music, but also to the history of the body, the senses, and the emotions, revealing music as a unique access point for reimagining early modern modes of being-in-the-world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBettina Varwig\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of music history and fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge. She is author of \u003ci\u003eHistories of Heinrich Schütz\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Bach\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50454285091090,"sku":"9780226826882","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b297a893-0fd8-4ad6-b0ac-e7615d589459.jpg?v=1729864228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/music-in-the-flesh-an-early-modern-musical-physiology-9780226826882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}