Mestres de Capela da Misericórdia da Bahia, 1647-1810
By: Jaime C. Diniz.
Publisher: Centro Editorial e Didático da UFBA
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Salvador
Language: por
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Santa Casa de Misericórdia da Bahia.; Choral conductors -- Brazil -- Salvador -- Biography.; Choral music -- Brazil -- Salvador.; Church music -- Brazil -- Salvador.
Description: "Published posthumously and edited by Manuel Veiga, this work adds to a long list of  musicological writings by Diniz that focus on three centuries of musical activities in the states of Pernambuco and Bahia (see HLAS 50:4398, HLAS 36:4538, HLAS 32:5046, HLAS 34:5033, and HLAS 46:7059). Based on primary sources, this study includes biographies of 20 chapel masters active at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Bahia, and provides excerpts of documents. (See review in Inter-Am. Music Rev., Vol. 13, No. 2, 1993, p. 159-160.)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-150).