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Colonial counterpoint : music in early modern Manila / D.R.M. Irving.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irving, D. R. M., 1981-
- Series:
- Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
- Currents in Latin American and Iberian music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Philippines--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Music--Philippines--Spanish influences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author reconnects the Philippines to current musicological discourse on the early modern Hispanic world. He uses the metaphors of counterpoint and enharmony to critique musical practices within the colonial milieu. The introduction and institutionalization of counterpoint acted as a powerful agent of colonialism.
- Contents:
- Colonial capital, global city
- Musical transactions and intercultural exchange
- Mapping musical cultures
- The hispanization of Filipino music
- Courtship and syncretism in colonial genres
- Cathedrals, convents, churches, and chapels
- Regulations, reforms, and controversies
- Fiesta filipina
- Contrapuntal colonialism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199888582
- 9786612564055
- 0199703019
- 1282564056
- OCLC:
- 922970003
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