Native American song at the frontiers of early modern music / Olivia A. Bloechl

Author: Bloechl, Olivia Ashley
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Physical Description: xxi, 279 pages : illustrations music ; 24 cm.

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New perspectives in music history and criticism

Contents

On colonial difference and musical frontiers: directions for a postcolonial musicology -- pt. 1. Transatlantic savagery. Protestant imperialism and the metaphysics of New World song -- The voice of possession -- The voice of prophecy -- pt. 2. Staging the Indian. Musicking Indians in the Stuart court masque -- Savage Lully -- Rameau's Les sauvages and the aporia of musical nature -- Conclusion: opera, elsewhere.

Subject(s)

Indians of North America—Music—16th century—History and criticism
Indians of North America—Music—17th century—History and criticism
Indians of North America—Music—18th century—History and criticism
Indians in music—16th century—History and criticism
Indians in music—17th century—History and criticism
Indians in music—18th century—History and criticism
Music—United States—16th century—History and criticism
Music—United States—17th century—History and criticism
Music—United States—18th century—History and criticism
Music—Social aspects—United States

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9780521866057
0521866057

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.

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