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Nahua singers : celebrating an indigenous empire in sixteenth-century Mexico / Peter Bjorndahl Sorensen
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sorensen, Peter Christian Bjorndahl, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge Latin American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cantares en idioma mexicano.
- Songs, Nahuatl--History and criticism.
- Songs, Nahuatl.
- Aztecs--Music--History and criticism.
- Aztecs.
- Aztecs--History.
- Music and history--Mexico.
- Music and history.
- Mexico--History--16th century.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--History--To 1519--Sources.
- Aztecs--Music.
- Genre:
- Sources
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "In Nahua Singers, Peter Bjorndahl Sorensen provides a more than 300-year long history of the Aztecs from their departure from the Seven Caves (Chicomoztoc) to the close of the sixteenth century-centering Indigenous voices as they narrate their own past. Nahua singers preserved their histories in the form of popular song lyrics that have long been misunderstood. Sorensen employs a new approach to the lyrics, bringing them to life by spotlighting their performative elements, offering new and accessible translations, and explaining the lyrics' historical significance in a comprehensive yet concise way. Through fourteen complete translations and dozens partly translated, the songs featured cover topics including precolonial kings, the conquest of Mexico, and early examples of the adaption and adoption of Christian imagery"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Performing the songs
- Understanding the lyrics
- The pre-imperial Aztec world in the Cantares Mexicanos
- The Aztec era (c. 1420–1520) in the Cantares Mexicanos
- The siege and fall of Tenochtitlan in the Cantares Mexicanos
- The early colonial decades in the Cantares Mexicanos
- The 1550s and the 1560s in the Cantares Mexicanos
- Conclusion : 1593 and 1597- the end of the sixteenth century in the Cantares Mexicanos
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 30, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sorensen, Peter Christian Bjorndahl Nahua singers
- ISBN:
- 9781009694506
- 1009694502
- OCLC:
- 1573775988
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000392238
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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