Title: Mestres de Capela da Misericórdia da Bahia, 1647-1810
First published: 1993
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.
Subjects: Biography, Choral conductors, Choral music, Church music, Santa Casa de Misericórdia da Bahia
Places: Brazil, Salvador
LC classification: ML402 .D56 1993