How Long to Read Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music?

It takes the average reader 6 hours to read Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music by Susan McClary

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this book, Susan McClary examines the mechanisms through which seventeenth-century musicians simulated extreme affective states—desire, divine rapture, and ecstatic pleasure. She demonstrates how every major genre of the period, from opera to religious music to instrumental pieces based on dances, was part of this striving for heightened passions by performers and listeners. While she analyzes the social and historical reasons for the high value placed on expressive intensity in both secular and sacred music, and she also links desire and pleasure to the many technical innovations of the...

How long is Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music?

Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music by Susan McClary is 360 pages long, and a total of 90,000 words.

This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music aloud.

What Reading Level is Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music?

Desire and Pleasure in Seventeenth-Century Music is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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