Musical Scenes in and on Town Houses of the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries

Musical Scenes in and on Town Houses of the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries

With the rise of urban culture in the late Middle Ages, patricians, traders, merchants, and craftsmen increasingly built houses matching their social standing. The well-to-do urban people additionally displayed their wealth and standing by means of sumptuously decorated representational rooms and em...

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Published in:Music in art 2004-04, Vol.29 (1/2), p.77-89
Main Author: Salmen, Walter
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Art music
Dance
Fresco
Heraldry
Houses
Merchants
Music
Musical register
Renaissance music
Vocal music
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Summary:With the rise of urban culture in the late Middle Ages, patricians, traders, merchants, and craftsmen increasingly built houses matching their social standing. The well-to-do urban people additionally displayed their wealth and standing by means of sumptuously decorated representational rooms and embellished house facades. The banquet and dance halls decorated with painted banners, friezes, coats of arms, and narrative series of pictures (in Lübeck, Zurich, Diessenhof en am Rhein, and Vienna) as well as houses with painted facades and sculptured friezes (in Reims, Gdansk, Erfurt, Berchtesgaden) frequently feature musical instruments and scenes involving dancing and music making.
ISSN:1522-7464
2169-9488