Hearing Faith - Music as Theology in the Spanish Empire

An exploration into the ways Catholics in the Spanish Empire used devotional music (villancicos) to connect faith and hearing. By interpreting examples of "music about music" in the context of theological literature, it reveals how Spanish subjects listened and why.

About the author

Andrew A. Cashner, PhD (2015, University of Chicago), is an assistant professor of music at the University of Rochester. Recipient of the American Musicological Society's 2015 Alfred Einstein Award, he published a critical edition of Villancicos about Music in 2017.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew A Cashner, Andrew A. Cashner
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2020
• EAN: 9789004414976
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41497-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity