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Author Irving, D. R. M., 1981-

Title Colonial counterpoint : music in early modern Manila / D.R.M. Irving
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations, music
Series Currents in Latin American and Iberian music
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Manila gnd
Subject Music -- Philippines -- History and criticism
Music -- Philippines -- Spanish influences
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Music
Music -- Spanish influences
Musikethnologie
Kolonie
Kultur
Musik -- historia -- Filippinerna.
Philippines
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199703012
0199703019
9780195378269
0195378261