{"product_id":"imposing-harmony-9780822341369","title":"Imposing Harmony","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImposing Harmony\u003c\/i\u003e offers an analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an excellent book that discusses critical issues central to our understanding of colonial music and society in an original manner and whose approach, spread over various disciplines, significantly widens the perspectives of the studies published to date. [Baker’s] reconsideration of traditional methods and sources and his open invitation to create a distinctively Latin American historical musicology less dependent on European models represent a considerable challenge for scholars of music in the New World.” - Javier Marín-López, \u003ci\u003eEarly Music History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his book is an invaluable addition to the study of Latin America and should be a fine companion for undergraduate and graduate music research.” - Matthew J. Forss, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Geoffrey Baker's\u003ci\u003e Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding contribution to both Andean studies and colonial musicology, and it should be read by anyone with an interest in either field.“ - Joshua Tucker,\u003ci\u003e Latin American Music Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Geoffrey Baker presents a profound analysis of the fascinating way in which old polyphony made its entry into the New World. Written in a very lively and eloquent style, it is a great read, also for someone who is not a historian and was not even aware of urban musicology as subdiscipline. . . . There are few occasions in which I have read a scholarly book with so much joy.” - Barbara Hogenboom, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thoroughly researched, theoretically informed, and clearly written, this book is a worthy addition to the historiography of Latin American music.” - John Charles Chasteen, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What we learn in the end from Baker’s book is not only the richness of\u003cbr\u003ecolonial Cuzco’s musical scene but also how little we know about most other\u003cbr\u003ecities in Latin America during their long, complex colonial eras and, more surprisingly, most cities in Spain. . . . His book demonstrates that research on colonial music benefits from many trends in research, just as we all benefit from going back to the archives—not just the local cathedral—with a long list of new questions. I hope Baker’s work will inspire many authors who will produce similar studies on other cities.” - Grayson Wagstaff, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Musicological Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Decentering understanding of the history of music in colonial Cuzco, Geoffrey Baker demonstrates the importance of moving away from the cathedral-centered analyses of the period’s musical culture. Most memorably, he significantly deepens insight into the making of Andean social distinction by bringing to the fore the busy activity of Andean musicians not based in, trained by, or dependent on the Cuzco Cathedral at all.”—\u003cb\u003eKathryn Burns\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Geoffrey Baker examines the musical culture—the soundscape—of colonial Cuzco, in all its complexity. He questions traditional scholarship on the music of Cuzco (and elsewhere in Latin America, for that matter) in which the cathedral, with its strongly Hispanic traditions, is understood as the center and focus of viceregal musical culture. In a city that was inhabited by a strong majority of indigenous descent, focus on a cathedral-centered organization rehearses a colonialist perspective. Baker successfully challenges it.”—\u003cb\u003eCarolyn Dean\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eInka Bodies and the Body of Christ: Corpus Christi in Colonial Cuzco, Peru\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his book is an invaluable addition to the study of Latin America and should be a fine companion for undergraduate and graduate music research.” -- Matthew J. Forss * Canadian Journal of History *\u003cbr\u003e“Geoffrey Baker presents a profound analysis of the fascinating way in which old polyphony made its entry into the New World. Written in a very lively and eloquent style, it is a great read, also for someone who is not a historian and was not even aware of urban musicology as subdiscipline. . . . There are few occasions in which I have read a scholarly book with so much joy.” -- Barbara Hogenboom * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Geoffrey Baker's\u003ci\u003e Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding contribution to both Andean studies and colonial musicology, and it should be read by anyone with an interest in either field.“ -- Joshua Tucker * Latin American Music Review *\u003cbr\u003e“This is an excellent book that discusses critical issues central to our understanding of colonial music and society in an original manner and whose approach, spread over various disciplines, significantly widens the perspectives of the studies published to date. [Baker’s] reconsideration of traditional methods and sources and his open invitation to create a distinctively Latin American historical musicology less dependent on European models represent a considerable challenge for scholars of music in the New World.” -- Javier Marín-López * Early Music History *\u003cbr\u003e“Thoroughly researched, theoretically informed, and clearly written, this book is a worthy addition to the historiography of Latin American music.” -- John Charles Chasteen * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e“What we learn in the end from Baker’s book is not only the richness of colonial Cuzco’s musical scene but also how little we know about most other cities in Latin America during their long, complex colonial eras and, more surprisingly, most cities in Spain. . . . His book demonstrates that research on colonial music benefits from many trends in research, just as we all benefit from going back to the archives—not just the local cathedral—with a long list of new questions. I hope Baker’s work will inspire many authors who will produce similar studies on other cities.” -- Grayson Wagstaff * Journal of the American Musicological Society *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Urban Soundscape 17\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Cathedral and the Seminary of San Antonio Abad 70\u003cbr\u003e 3. Convents and Monasteries 111\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Urban Parishes 149\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Rural \u003ci\u003eDoctrinas de Indios\u003c\/i\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 238\u003cbr\u003e Notes 249\u003cbr\u003e References 285\u003cbr\u003e Index 299","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406049583447,"sku":"9780822341369","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822341369.jpg?v=1730494361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imposing-harmony-9780822341369","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}