Debating the past : music, memory, and identity in the Andes / Raúl R. Romero.

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Romero, Raúl R

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computer

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online resource

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9780195350067
0195350065
1280834749
9781280834745

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Debating the past.DDC classification:

780/.985 22

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ML236 .R66 2001eb

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Contents:

Introduction; 1. Region, Culture, and Identities; 2. Perpetuating the Rural Past; 3. Authenticity and Musical Ensembles; 4. Conquering New Spaces; 5. Official, Popular, and Musical Memories; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This volume examines how the search for "cultural authenticity," the dispute over the past, and the role of "modernity" have been instrumental in building the regional musical culture of the Mantaro Valley, a central Peruvian region with about half a million inhabitants. How these people have addressed concerns over the loss of ancient traditions by restructuring colonial and pre-Hispanic traditions into new contexts and forms is explored. Covering private and public music making, along with ritual, ceremonial, and popular uses of music, Romero studies the interaction of mu.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This volume examines how the search for "cultural authenticity," the dispute over the past, and the role of "modernity" have been instrumental in building the regional musical culture of the Mantaro Valley, a central Peruvian region with about half a million inhabitants. How these people have addressed concerns over the loss of ancient traditions by restructuring colonial and pre-Hispanic traditions into new contexts and forms is explored. Covering private and public music making, along with ritual, ceremonial, and popular uses of music, Romero studies the interaction of mu.