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Immaculate sounds : the musical lives of nuns in New Spain /

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"It was mid-December 1610 in Mexico City. The Church was in its preparatory season of Advent, leading up to the celebration of Christ's birth at Christmas. The nuns of the Encarnacion convent had just celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, on 8 December. But...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Favila, Cesar (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Subjects:
Conceptionists > History.
Conceptionists
Music in convents > Mexico > History > 17th century.
Music in convents > Mexico > History > 18th century.
Music in convents > New Spain.
Church music > Mexico.
Church music > Catholic Church > 17th century.
Church music > Catholic Church > 18th century.
Nuns as musicians > Mexico > History.
Musique dans les couvents > Mexique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Musique dans les couvents > Mexique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Musique dans les couvents > Nouvelle-Espagne.
Musique d'église > Mexique.
Musique d'église > Église catholique > 17e siècle.
Musique d'église > Église catholique > 18e siècle.
Religieuses musiciennes > Mexique > Histoire.
Mexico.
Latin America.
HISTORY.
Religious.
MUSIC.
Christian.
Catholic.
Christianity.
RELIGION.
Church music
Church music > Catholic Church
Music in convents
Nuns as musicians
Mexico
New Spain
Music.
1600-1799
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Veil and Voice
  • Part I. Acousmatic Discipline. Immaculate Conflicts : Resounding Mary's Immaculate Conception, or Who Was Sister Flor de Santa Clara? ; Sonic Thresholds : The Grates of the Cloister and the Lips of Nuns, or Who Was Sister Rosa? ; Disciplined Sounds : Dowry Waivers and Race, or Who Was Sister Mariana Josefa de Señor San Ignacio?
  • Part II. Unity. Feasting Sounds : The Eucharistic Honeymoon, or Who Was Sister Paula? ; Redeeming Sounds : Resounding the Passion of Christ and His Spiritual Brides, or Who Was Sister Marina de San Francisco?
  • Epilogue.