The Sweet Penance of Music
Musical Life in Colonial Santiago de Chile
Seiten
2020
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-094021-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-094021-8 (ISBN)
A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of music and musicians in 18th century Santiago de Chile, drawing from historical documents and musical scores to bring to life music's significance in settings ranging from cathedrals to public celebrations.
A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about Chilean colonial music, A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of musicians within the city and their links with other Latin American urban centers in the wider colonial system. Author Alejandro Vera, recent winner of the International Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize for the Spanish edition of his monograph, provides a fascinating account of the quotidian cultural and social significance of music in varying physical spheres - from cathedrals, convents, and monasteries, to private houses and public spaces. He brings to life a city long neglected in the shadow of other colonial centers of economic power, asserting the importance of duality in the period and its music - particularly centering one nun harpist's conception of music as "sweet penance." Drawing from historical documents and musical scores of the period, A Sweet Penance of Music breaks new ground, laying the foundation for a revisionist approach to the study of music in the colonial Americas.
A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about Chilean colonial music, A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of musicians within the city and their links with other Latin American urban centers in the wider colonial system. Author Alejandro Vera, recent winner of the International Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize for the Spanish edition of his monograph, provides a fascinating account of the quotidian cultural and social significance of music in varying physical spheres - from cathedrals, convents, and monasteries, to private houses and public spaces. He brings to life a city long neglected in the shadow of other colonial centers of economic power, asserting the importance of duality in the period and its music - particularly centering one nun harpist's conception of music as "sweet penance." Drawing from historical documents and musical scores of the period, A Sweet Penance of Music breaks new ground, laying the foundation for a revisionist approach to the study of music in the colonial Americas.
Alejandro Vera is Associate Professor at the Music Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is the author of Santiago de Murcia: Cifras selectas de guitarra and Música vocal profana en el Madrid de Felipe IV, and has published in journals including Acta musicologica, Early Music, and Latin American Music Review.
Introduction
1. The Cathedral of Santiago
2. Convents and monsteries
3. The private sphere and the music trade
4. From birth to death: fiestas, spectacles, and public space in colonial Santiago
5. Musicians in colonial Santiago
Conclusions
Bibliography
Discography
Documents
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.06.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music |
| Zusatzinfo | 60 musical examples; 9 figures |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 259 x 183 mm |
| Gewicht | 998 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-094021-2 / 0190940212 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-094021-8 / 9780190940218 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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