The power of song
Subtitle: music and dance in the mission communities of northern New Spain, 1590-1810
By: Kristin Dutcher Mann
Publisher: Stanford University Press; Academy of American Franciscan History
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif; Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780804770866
Description: "This book examines the sacred music and dance used in the Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities throughout the entire northern frontier of New Spain from the foundation of the northern missions in the late sixteenth century until the end of Spanish colonial rule. It attempts to examine the roles music played in teaching, evangelization of group identities"--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-292) and index.