The Musical Iconography of Power in Seventeenth-Century Spain and Her Territories

The Musical Iconography of Power in Seventeenth-Century Spain and Her Territories
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Download or read book The Musical Iconography of Power in Seventeenth-Century Spain and Her Territories written by Sara Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Spain encountered economic and political crises in the seventeenth century, the imagery of musical performance was invoked by the state to represent the power of the monarch and to denote harmony throughout the kingdom. Based on contemporary sources, Gonzalez is able to unravel the complex iconography of Spanish politics.


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