1st Edition
Women in Convent Spaces and the Music Networks of Early Modern Barcelona
By Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita
Copyright 2023
316 Pages
80 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
316 Pages
80 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
316 Pages
80 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book presents the first study of music in convent life in a single Hispanic city, Barcelona, during the early modern era. Exploring how convents were involved in the musical networks operating in sixteenth-century Barcelona, it challenges the invisibility of women in music history and reveals the intrinsic role played by nuns and lay women in the city’s urban musical culture.
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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
Biography
Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Granada, Spain.
