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The cat & the fiddle : images of musical humour from the Middle Ages to modern times / Jeremy Barlow.

Av:

Barlow, Jeremy [aut]

Medverkande:

Bodleian Library [pbl]

Språk: Engelska Utgivning: Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2006Beskrivning: 88 s. färgillISBN:

1851243003

Ämne:

Genre/Form:

Humor

DDK-klassifikation:

780.207 22

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijav

Sammanfattning: Explores 700 years of musical humor, a world in which monkeys fiddle and pigs play the bagpipes. It is a vision of chaos and devilry as depicted in a variety of sources: the illuminated borders of medieval manuscripts, eighteenth-century prints of urban life, and even the illustrations of children's books. Barlow reveals the shifting meanings behind such images, as they were often symptomatic of larger cultural trend such as rapid industrialization and urbanization, an emerging class system, and the moral movements of the late nineteenth century.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	B25.114	1	Available	26201808619

Total holds: 0

Explores 700 years of musical humor, a world in which monkeys fiddle and pigs play the bagpipes. It is a vision of chaos and devilry as depicted in a variety of sources: the illuminated borders of medieval manuscripts, eighteenth-century prints of urban life, and even the illustrations of children's books. Barlow reveals the shifting meanings behind such images, as they were often symptomatic of larger cultural trend such as rapid industrialization and urbanization, an emerging class system, and the moral movements of the late nineteenth century.

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