Immaculate sounds the musical lives of nuns in New Spain / Cesar D. Favila.
| Author/creator | Favila, Cesar |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023. |
| Description | xxv, 333 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Currents in Latin American and Iberian music |
| Contents | Introduction : Veil and Voice -- Part I. Acousmatic Discipline. Immaculate Conflicts : Resounding Mary's Immaculate Conception, or Who Was Sister Flor de Santa Clara? ; Sonic Thresholds : The Grates of the Cloister and the Lips of Nuns, or Who Was Sister Rosa? ; Disciplined Sounds : Dowry Waivers and Race, or Who Was Sister Mariana Josefa de Señor San Ignacio? -- Part II. Unity. Feasting Sounds : The Eucharistic Honeymoon, or Who Was Sister Paula? ; Redeeming Sounds : Resounding the Passion of Christ and His Spiritual Brides, or Who Was Sister Marina de San Francisco? -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "It was mid-December 1610 in Mexico City. The Church was in its preparatory season of Advent, leading up to the celebration of Christ's birth at Christmas. The nuns of the Encarnacion convent had just celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, on 8 December. But now, in this time usually filled with joy, some of the nuns were nervous. Their choirbooks were missing. Without them, the nuns would not be able to celebrate the anniversary of Christ's birth adequately. A musician priest of the metropolitan cathedral, located just three blocks from the convent, had caused the nuns' alarm: Antonio Rodríguez Mata (d. 1643) had all five of the missing books. He had borrowed them from Sister Flor de Santa Clara, the convent "vicaria de coro" (choir vicar) but had failed to return them despite the convent's repeated requests. The diocesan vicar general and the attorney general were summoned. The nuns of the Encarnación demanded that Mata be imprisoned if he failed to return the books immediately following the denunciation. The threat of jail time was serious, but so too was the alleged offense: Mata was impeding the nuns from performing their liturgical music for Christmas"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023024934 |
| ISBN | 9780197621899 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |