Response to Noel O’Regan
Holzer, Robert R.
Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music, Vol. 6, No. 1
Abstract
A response to Noel O’Regan, “Asprilio Pacelli, Ludovico da Viadana and the Origins of the Roman Concerto Ecclesiastico.” Noel O’Regan’s essay is placed in the larger context of revisionist historiography of post-Tridentine Rome, where the music of Pacelli, Viadana and others represents the culmination of new directions stimulated by oratorios and lay confraternities. Suggestions follow for further research in music history and theology on the subject of musical fashions and taste and the role of a simplified style of music, reflecting the humble beginnings of the Jesuit order, in arousing devotion.
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