Playing in the cathedral : music, race, and status in New Spain /

In eighteenth-century Mexico City, cathedral musicians made explicit and considered use of music and institutional affiliation in order to construct their Spanish identity. Ramos-Kittrell argues that music, as a performative and theoretical activity, was a highly dynamic factor in the cultural and r...

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1. Verfasser:
Ramos-Kittrell, Jesús A.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Zusammenfassung:
In eighteenth-century Mexico City, cathedral musicians made explicit and considered use of music and institutional affiliation in order to construct their Spanish identity. Ramos-Kittrell argues that music, as a performative and theoretical activity, was a highly dynamic factor in the cultural and religious life of New Spain, and an active agent in the changing discourses of social status and ""Spanishness"" in colonial America.
Umfang:
1 online resource (249 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-061267-3
0-19-023683-3
0-19-023682-5
Schlagworte:
Music > Mexico > 18th century > Social aspects.
Church musicians > Mexico > 18th century.
Music and race > Mexico > History > 18th century.
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