Hearing faith: music as theology in the Spanish empire
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).
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2020
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Studies in the history of Christian traditions (volume 194)
Année: 2020 |
| Collection/Revue: | Studies in the history of Christian traditions
volume 194 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Spanien
/ Villancico
/ Musique sacrée
/ Théologie catholique
/ Histoire 1657-1700
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Church Music (Spain) 17th century
B Villancicos (Music) (Spain) 17th century History and criticism B Church Music Catholic Church 17th century |
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Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Literaturverzeichnis |
| Résumé: | 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). "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"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004414975 |