The Covenants with Earth and Rain : Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society

John D. Monaghan

ISBN 10: 0806131926 / ISBN 13: 9780806131924

Published by University Of Oklahoma Press Sep 1999, 1999

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Neuware - In this book, John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs, today one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Covenants with Earth and Rain : Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press Sep 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806131926
• ISBN 13: 9780806131924
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 24D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth

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Synopsis

The first English translation of lectures by a French contemporary of Debussy and RavelFrench composer and educator Vincent d’Indy differed from contemporaries Debussy and Ravel in his conservative political and philosophical ideas and in his musical style. This redaction and English translation of his Cours de composition musicale includes the introductory lectures for the course he taught at the Schola Cantorum in Paris.D’Indy’s ideas about composition, best articulated in the lectures presented here, were unique in their combination of historical concepts and music theory. This is the first publication of d’Indy’s work in English. In addition to a faithful translation, Gail Hilson Woldu provides annotations that clarify d’Indy’s often complex concepts and correct his occasional errors of fact. In her introduction, Woldu places d’Indy in the world of French music education at the turn of the twentieth century, identifies the chief musical influences on the composer, and discusses the political and religious controversies surrounding the Schola Cantorum and the Paris Conservatoire. The book concludes with the pioneering work of d’Indy scholar Merle Montgomery, who was the first to translate the Cours into English. Her study offers a comparative framework for understanding d’Indy’s place in the history of music composition and theory.This volume introduces students and scholars of music history and composition to an influential teacher and prolific composer of the early twentieth century.

About the Author

John Monaghan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University and coauthor of Continuity of Principles of Highland Maya Social Organization.