Musical Practices and Mobility in Asuncion - Indigenous Musicians in Colonial Paraguay

This book focuses on the musical practices of Indigenous musicians in colonial Asunción (Paraguay). By transcending the city limits imposed by urban approaches, it enables a novel reading of musical practices in a city connected with its hinterland, revealing the different musical physiognomies of the empire in distant contexts.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Asunción: Society and Musical Practices (16th and 17th Centuries)
Chapter 2. Music in Pueblos de Indios
Chapter 3. Institutions, Music, and Mobilities
Chapter 4. Mobilities and Musical Practices of Indios Cantores
Chapter 5. Indios cantores after the Expulsion of the Jesuits
Chapter 6. No Han Concurrido Mas Los Indios Que Acostumbraban de Tiempo Inmemorial

About the author

Laura Fahrenkrog Cianelli

Product details

• Authors: Laura Fahrenkrog Cianelli, Laura Fahrenkrog Fahrenkrog Cianelli Cianelli, Laura Fahrenkrog Cianelli, Laura Fahrenkrog Cianelli
• Assisted by: Guillermo Wilde (Foreword), Guillermo Wilde (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2025
• EAN: 9781666952766
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-276-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Music, Latin America, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, MUSIC / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Caribbean islands, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas