Routledge - Eroticism in Early Modern Music - Academic Book

Eroticism in Early Modern Music provides a deep look into the relationship between music, sexuality, and sex in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. This scholarly work builds on a long dialogue between experts to explore how erotic life and sensibilities were embedded within musical compositions of the era. By examining musical and visual sources alongside literary and archival evidence, this book offers a multi-layered perspective on historical culture. Readers can explore various academic lenses, including gender studies, philology, and performance, to understand how musical works functioned within their historical context. This text serves as a significant contribution to the study of how early modern societies expressed and encoded desire through sound and art.