Title: The power of song
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.
Subjects: Music, History, Missionaries, Indians of North America, Colonization, Music, social aspects, Music, religious aspects, Social aspects, Religious aspects
Places: United States, Mexico