From Serra to Sancho : music and pageantry in the California missions / Craig H. Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Craig H.

Series:

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.

Currents in Latin American and Iberian music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church music--California.

Church music.

Church music--Catholic Church.

Franciscans--Missions--California.

Franciscans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Music in the California missions was a pluralistic combination of voices and instruments, of liturgy and spectacle, of styles and functions-and even of cultures-in a new blend that was non-existent before the Franciscan friars made their way to California beginning in 1769. This book explores the exquisite sacred music that flourished on the West Coast of America when it was under Spanish and Mexican rule; it delves into the historical, cultural, biographical, and stylistic aspects of California mission music during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The book explores how mell

Contents:

Contents; About the Web Site; Editorial Procedures; Introduction; Scope of the Book; Available Resources in This Book; Appendix A: Catalogue of California Mission Sources; Appendix B: Photos of Missions and Mission Music Sources; Appendix C: Translations of Primary Texts; Appendix D: Music Editions; Appendix E: Bibliography; Purpose Statement; Notes; 1. Musical Style and Performance in Mission Life; Compositional Styles; Canto llano; Canto de órgano; Canto figurado; Instrumentation in Canto figurado and Canto de órgano Accompaniments; Música moderna or Estilo moderno

The Mission Performance Styles in the AmericasNotes; 2. Notation and Music Theory; Note Shapes; Misa "de Jesús" and the Misa Italiana; Clefs; Transposition in the "Spanish Style"; Alternatim Performance; Other Notational Symbols; Instrumental Interludes: Música, Toca, and Tocata; Modes; Notes; 3. Serra and the Introduction of Sacred Song: Veni Creator Spiritus, Salve, Te Deum, and Alabado; Father Serra and the Founding of the San Fernando Mission, Baja California; Veni Creator Spiritus; Serra and the Founding of San Carlos Borromeo Near Monterey; The Salve; The Te Deum; The Alabado

Alba (and Alabanza)Notes; 4. Sacred Celebration: Song, Sequence, Dance, and Pageantry; Gozos or Songs of Praise; Procession and Pageantry; Corpus Christi: The Body of Christ; Serra's Celebration of Corpus Christi in Monterey, 1770; Music for the Corpus Christi Procession; Inside the Mission Walls at Corpus Christi; The Mass for Corpus Christi; Lauda Sion Salvatorem; Two Prominent Gems of California Liturgy; Dies irae; Veni Sancte Spiritus; Notes; 5. Juan Bautista Sancho: Tracing the Mallorcan Connection; Juan Bautista Sancho i Literes: Family History and His Life in Artà

Sancho's Diary and His Life in PalmaMusic Sources in Sancho's Hand from the Convent de Sant Francesc; New Horizons: Sancho's Departure for the New World; Sancho's Years of Service in Alta California; Sancho and the "Oath of Loyalty"; Music Making at the San Antonio Mission; Sancho's Death; Exploring Two Representative Musical Examples; The "Credo Artanense"; The Misa en sol; Notes; 6. Music for the Mass: A Spectrum of Artistic Invention; Standardized Repertoire; Narciso Durán as Compiler (Not Composer); Mass Ordinaries for Specific Occasions; Three "Easy" Quartet Settings for Mary

Three "Intermediate" Duet Settings for Holy WeekMartín de Cruzelaegui, Possible Composer of the Misa Viscaína; Misa del quinto tono (Misa de Cataluña); Misa del quarto tono; Notes; 7. Classical Masses for Voices and Orchestra by Ignacio de Jerusalem and García Fajer; Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella: Biography; Francisco Javier García Fajer, "El Españoleto": His Biography; The Orchestra in California; Provenance of the Sources; Musical Aspects of Jerusalem's and García Fajer's Masses; The Polychoral Mass in G by Ignacio de Jerusalem; The Mass in F by Ignacio de Jerusalem

The Polychoral Mass in D, Perhaps by Ignacio de Jerusalem

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045112-2

0-19-991616-0

0-19-971118-6

9786612235344

1-282-23534-6

OCLC:

434841489