Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco

by Geoffrey Baker

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Imposing Harmony is a groundbreaking analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco. Challenging musicology's cathedral-centered approach to the history of music in colonial Latin America, Geoffrey Baker demonstrates that rather than being dominated by the cathedral, Cuzco's musical culture was remarkably decentralized. He shows that institutions such as parish churches and monasteries employed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822341603

ISBN13:9780822341604

Release Date:March 2008

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

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Arts, Music & Photography Music Religion Religion & Spirituality

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