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Hearing faith : music as theology in the Spanish empire / by Andrew A. Cashner.

Author/creator Cashner, Andrew A. author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Description1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Supplemental Content Click here to view book
Subject(s)
Series Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 15735664 ; volume 194
Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 194. ^A632328
Contents Listening for Faith. Villancicos as Musical Theology ; Making Faith Appeal to Hearing ; Listening for Unhearable Music. Christ as Singer and Song (Puebla, 1657) ; Heavenly Dissonance (Montserrat, 1660s) ; Offering and Imitation (Zaragoza, 1650-1700).
Abstract "Hearing Faith explores the ways Roman Catholics in the seventeenth-century Spanish Empire used music to connect faith and hearing. From the Royal Chapel in Madrid to Puebla Cathedral in colonial Mexico, communities celebrated Christmas and other feasts with villancicos, a widespread genre of vernacular poetry and devotional music. A large proportion of villancico texts directly address the nature of hearing and the power of music to connect people to God. By interpreting complex and fascinating examples of "music about music" in the context of contemporary theological writing, the book shows how Spanish Catholics embodied their beliefs about music, through music itself. Listening closely to these previously undiscovered and overlooked archival sources reveals how Spanish subjects listened and why"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 06, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Cashner, Andrew A.. Hearing faith Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004414976
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2020023184
ISBN9789004431997 electronic book
ISBN9004431993 electronic book
ISBNhardcover

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