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From Serra to Sancho : music and pageantry in the California missions /

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Music in the California missions was a combination of voices and instruments, liturgy and spectacle, styles and functions in a blend that was non-existent before the Franciscan friars' arrival in 1769. Russell explores aesthetic, stylistic, historical, cultural, theoretical, liturgical, and bio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Craig H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Subjects:
Franciscans > Missions > California.
Franciscans
Church music > California.
Church music > Catholic Church.
Musique d'église > Californie.
Musique d'église > Église catholique.
Church music
Church music > Catholic Church
Missions
California
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Music in the California missions was a combination of voices and instruments, liturgy and spectacle, styles and functions in a blend that was non-existent before the Franciscan friars' arrival in 1769. Russell explores aesthetic, stylistic, historical, cultural, theoretical, liturgical, and biographical aspects of this repertoire.
Physical Description:1 online resource (544 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195343274
0195343271