The Quarant'Ore: Early Modern Ritual and Performativity

Abstract

Discussion of the Devotion of the Forty Hours in a context of Catholic Reform and Counter-Reformation and of devotional music possibly connected to this service. The ritual is considered also theoretically through notions of performativity and cultural memory.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerformativity andf Performance in Baroque Rome
EditorsPeter Gillgren, Mårten Snickare
Number of pages19
Place of PublicationFarnham, UK
PublisherAshgate
Publication date2012
Pages115-133
Chapter7
ISBN (Print)9781409420996
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Faculty of Theology
  • church history
  • liturgy
  • liturgical music
  • Faculty of Humanities
  • drama
  • music

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