Part I. Musical traditions -- ch. 1. Reconstructing indigenous music and dance -- ch. 2. Liturgical and religious music in Europe, 1500-1800 -- Part II. Mission music -- ch. 3. Musical cultures meet -- ch. 4. Music, dance, and community, 1680-1767 -- ch. 5. Changing communities, 1768-1810 -- Part III. Song, time, and space -- ch. 6. Music and the restructuring of time -- ch. 7. Music and the restructuring of physical and social space
Summary
This book explores the music and dance of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities throughout the entire northern frontier of New Spain. Its purpose is to examine the roles music played: in teaching, evangelisation, celebration, and the formation of group identities. This book looks comprehensively at the music of this region and time period, and utilises music as a way to study the cultural interactions between Indians and missionaries
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-292) and index
