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Music Theory in Mexico from 1776 To 1866: A Study of Four Treatises by Native Authors

This investigation traces the history and development of music theory in Mexico from the date of the first Mexican treatise available (1776) to the early second half of the nineteenth century (1866). This period of ninety years represents an era of special importance in the development of music theory in Mexico. It was during this time that the old modal system was finally abandoned in favor of the new tonal system and that Mexican authors began to pen music treatises which could be favorably c… more

Date: August 1986

Creator: Flores, Carlos A. (Carlos Arturo)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Pedro De Moctezuma and His Descendents (1521-1718)

In 1521 a band of several hundred Spaniards overthrew the Aztec empire in Mexico and its ruler, Moctezuma II. This defeat in itself created a major cultural shock for the indigenious population, but the later arrival of Spanish officials and colonists constituted a far greater if less dramatic upheaval. For the victorious Spaniards rejected Aztec governmental institutions, considering them to be distinctly inferior, and quickly substituted their own. Moctezuma II and a substantial number of the… more

Date: May 1980

Creator: Hollingsworth, Ann Prather