During the 17th century, Modena became an important musical centre thanks to the Este family. The court entertained various relationships with some city institutions, contributing to the cultural growth of the city and its musical identity. The comparative study of sources of different types (musical manuscripts, historical maps, archival sources) is particularly useful to grasp the multiform relationships between court, city and territory, offering many details on local traditions and the complex relationships between sound and space within of the urban context. Inspired by a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to historical research, our project aims at creating a digital platform through which to explore and study the soundscape of the ducal city of Modena. Thanks to the use of state-of-the-art web development tools and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the platform will feature an interactive search and navigation environment, plus an interactive map with geo-localized objects and events. This will offer the chance to have new points of view to study a city and its historical and spectacular development. Moreover, investigating the soundscape will make possible to rediscover the centres of musical production and musical events from a wide-ranging contextual perspective.
The Este Soundscape Project: A Methodological Proposal
Angela Fiore;
2023-01-01
Abstract
During the 17th century, Modena became an important musical centre thanks to the Este family. The court entertained various relationships with some city institutions, contributing to the cultural growth of the city and its musical identity. The comparative study of sources of different types (musical manuscripts, historical maps, archival sources) is particularly useful to grasp the multiform relationships between court, city and territory, offering many details on local traditions and the complex relationships between sound and space within of the urban context. Inspired by a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to historical research, our project aims at creating a digital platform through which to explore and study the soundscape of the ducal city of Modena. Thanks to the use of state-of-the-art web development tools and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the platform will feature an interactive search and navigation environment, plus an interactive map with geo-localized objects and events. This will offer the chance to have new points of view to study a city and its historical and spectacular development. Moreover, investigating the soundscape will make possible to rediscover the centres of musical production and musical events from a wide-ranging contextual perspective.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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