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Singing the news of death : execution ballads in Europe 1500-1900 / Una McIlvenna.

By: McIlvenna, Una [author.]Contributor(s): Oxford University Press [pltfrm]Series: New cultural history of musicDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 544 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9780197551868; 0197551866Uniform titles: Oxford scholarship online. Subject(s): Music -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History | Death songs -- Europe -- History and criticism | Ballads -- Europe -- History and criticism | EuropeGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: SINGING THE NEWS OF DEATH.LOC classification: ML3917.E85Online resources: Oxford Notre Dame Online Access
Contents:
List of Illustrations -- List of Music Examples -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Selling the News of Death -- Part IFeatures of Execution Ballads -- 1. The Significance of Contrafactum, or, How Melody Made Meaning -- 2. The Centrality of Shame in the Punishment Ritual -- 3. Fake News? How Execution Ballads Walked the Line between Truth and Fiction -- Part IICrimes That Feature in Execution Ballads -- 4. The Devil's Business: Religion, Witchcraft, Sorcery, Possession -- 5. How Ballads Portrayed Murder and Violence -- 6. Political Executions in Song -- 7. Outlaw Balladry: Fantasy vs Reality -- 8. The End of Execution Ballads? -- Coda: Songs about the Executioner -- Conclusion: The Centrality of Song to Punishment -- Bibliography -- Index of Songs -- Index
Summary: Author Una McIlvenna brings the execution ballad to life in Singing the News of Death, uncovering the relationship between punishment and music throughout Europe from 1500-1900 with an unprecedented breadth of study and ambition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations -- List of Music Examples -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Selling the News of Death -- Part IFeatures of Execution Ballads -- 1. The Significance of Contrafactum, or, How Melody Made Meaning -- 2. The Centrality of Shame in the Punishment Ritual -- 3. Fake News? How Execution Ballads Walked the Line between Truth and Fiction -- Part IICrimes That Feature in Execution Ballads -- 4. The Devil's Business: Religion, Witchcraft, Sorcery, Possession -- 5. How Ballads Portrayed Murder and Violence -- 6. Political Executions in Song -- 7. Outlaw Balladry: Fantasy vs Reality -- 8. The End of Execution Ballads? -- Coda: Songs about the Executioner -- Conclusion: The Centrality of Song to Punishment -- Bibliography -- Index of Songs -- Index

Author Una McIlvenna brings the execution ballad to life in Singing the News of Death, uncovering the relationship between punishment and music throughout Europe from 1500-1900 with an unprecedented breadth of study and ambition.

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