Music and power in early modern Spain harmonic spheres of influence / Timothy M. Foster.
| Author/creator | Foster, Timothy M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | New interdisciplinary approaches to early modern culture: confluences and contexts |
| Contents | Introduction. Music and Myth from Orpheus to Tubal -- Songs in the Key of Spain : Vihuela and the Ideology of Musical Humanism -- Cervantes Off-Key : Irony and Imperialism in the Novelas ejemplares -- Pre-Columbian Providentialism : Musical Origins in Andean Imagination -- The King's Polyphony and the Composing of the Americas -- Four-Part Harmony for the Four-Part Empire : Calder©đn's Musical Metaphors at the Court of Philip IV -- Immaculate Composition: Religion, Race, and Propaganda -- Conclusion. Orpheus Looking Back. |
| Abstract | "This book explores the representation of music in early modern Spanish literature and reveals how music was understood within the framework of the Harmony of the Spheres, emanating from cosmic harmony as directed by the creator. Music and Power in Early Modern Spain is a useful tool for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in musicology, music history, Spanish literature, cultural studies, and transatlantic studies in the early modern period"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021030448 |
| ISBN | 9781032053561 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032053585 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |