Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800: The Villancico and Related Genres

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Tess Knighton, Alvaro Torrente
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 M01 1 - 491 pages
The dissemination of the genre, an important part of the Iberian cathedral tradition for over 4 centuries, its nature and function, its reception and stylistic evolution are all considered here, as well as the spaces for its performance and relationship to other European devotional genres.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Weaving ensaladas
15
the case of Adorámoste Señor
53
The villancico in the works of early Castilian playwrights with
77
Function and liturgical context of the villancico in Salamanca
127
the villancico and related genres
149
The villancico as music of state in 17thcentury Spain
189
Religiosity power and aspects of social representation in
199
A literary and typological study of the late 17thcentury villancico
231
Pastorelas and the pastoral tradition in 18thcentury Spanish
283
The noël à grand chœur of southwestern France and the Iberian
307
music by Francisco de la Huerta for the nuns
321
Historical and literary vestiges of the villancico in the early modern
363
The ethnic villancico and racial politics in 17thcentury Mexico
399
Bibliography
441
Index
477

devotional music in the Triunfos
219

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