{"product_id":"imposing-harmony-music-and-society-in-colonial-cuzco-9780822341604","title":"Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco","description":"\u003cp\u003eImposing Harmony is a groundbreaking analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco. Challenging musicologys cathedral-centered approach to the history of music in colonial Latin America  Geoffrey Baker demonstrates that rather than being dominated by the cathedral  Cuzcos musical culture was remarkably decentralized. He shows that institutions such as parish churches and monasteries employed indigenous professional musicians  rivaling Cuzco Cathedral in the scale and frequency of the musical performances they staged. Building on recent scholarship by social historians and urban musicologists and drawing on extensive archival research  Baker highlights European music as a significant vehicle for reproducing and contesting power relations in Cuzco. He examines how Andean communities embraced European music  creating an extraordinary cultural florescence  at the same time that Spanish missionaries used the music as a mechanism of colonialization and control. Uncovering a musical life of considerable and unexpected richness throughout the diocese of Cuzco  Baker describes a musical culture sustained by both Hispanic institutional patrons and the upper strata of indigenous society. Mastery of European music enabled elite Andeans to consolidate their position within the colonial social hierarchy. Indigenous professional musicians distinguished themselves by fulfilling important functions in colonial society  acting as educators  religious leaders  and mediators between the Catholic Church and indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647564931125,"sku":"ByrdShop_0822341603","price":29.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780822341604.jpg?v=1781693089","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/imposing-harmony-music-and-society-in-colonial-cuzco-9780822341604","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}