Women in Convent Spaces and the Music Networks of Early Modern Barcelona

ISBN-13: 9781032273617 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 360 str.

Ascension Mazuela-Anguita

Opis

This book presents the first study of music in convent life in a single Hispanic city, Barcelona, during the early modern era. It explores how convents were involved in the musical networks operating in sixteenth-century Barcelona and reveals the intrinsic role played by nuns and lay women in the city’s urban musical culture.

Spis treści

1. Mapping convents’ sounds in the city  2. Music as a commodity: Music, convents, and the economy of the city  3. Music as a symbol of political power and social status  4. Music to reach heaven  5. Beyond the city: Religious orders as national and international music networks

O autorze

Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Granada, Spain.