Ascension Mazuela-Anguita

Women in Convent Spaces and the Music Networks of Early Modern Barcelona

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the first study of music in convent life in a single Hispanic city, Barcelona, during the early modern era. It explores how convents were involved in the musical networks operating in sixteenth-century Barcelona and reveals the intrinsic role played by nuns and lay women in the cityâ s urban musical culture.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Music
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781032273617
• ISBN-10: 1032273615
• Artikelnr.: 66269372

Autorenporträt

Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Granada, Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mapping convents' sounds in the city 2. Music as a commodity: Music,
convents, and the economy of the city 3. Music as a symbol of political
power and social status 4. Music to reach heaven 5. Beyond the city:
Religious orders as national and international music networks