Book contents
- The Cambridge History of World Music
- The Cambridge History of World Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: world music’s histories
- Part I Histories of world music
- Part II The history of music before history
- Part III Music histories of global encounter and exchange
- 7 Encounter music in Oceania: cross-cultural musical exchange in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century voyage accounts
- 8 Music, history, and the sacred in South Asia
- 9 Music, Minas, and the Golden Atlantic
- Part IV The Enlightenment and world music’s historical turn
- Part V Music histories of the folk and the nation
- Part VI Asian music histories
- Part VII Institutions and politics of representation
- Part VIII The globalization of world music in history
- Part IX Musical discourses of modernity
- Part X Musical ontologies of globalization
- Part XI Beyond world-music history
- Index
9 - Music, Minas, and the Golden Atlantic
from Part III - Music histories of global encounter and exchange
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of World Music
- The Cambridge History of World Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: world music’s histories
- Part I Histories of world music
- Part II The history of music before history
- Part III Music histories of global encounter and exchange
- 7 Encounter music in Oceania: cross-cultural musical exchange in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century voyage accounts
- 8 Music, history, and the sacred in South Asia
- 9 Music, Minas, and the Golden Atlantic
- Part IV The Enlightenment and world music’s historical turn
- Part V Music histories of the folk and the nation
- Part VI Asian music histories
- Part VII Institutions and politics of representation
- Part VIII The globalization of world music in history
- Part IX Musical discourses of modernity
- Part X Musical ontologies of globalization
- Part XI Beyond world-music history
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on one central period within the flows across the Atlantic in the pursuit of wealth: the eighteenth-century Brazilian gold rush in the region that came to be known as Minas Gerais, or general mines. The complex hybrid cultural expressions forged within and through the transcontinental flows provide a unique insight into the complexities of the Golden Atlantic and the ways in which music has been deployed to engage with multiple encounters in contexts of intricate power relations. Music was part of everyday life in the mines. According to José Maria Neves, the colonial repertory in Minas employed Baroque, pre-Classical, and Classical elements. In many parts of Minas, a number of different dance associations turn out for the festival of the rosary, and each represents a distinct community, which is enacted through the performance of a distinct and identifiable musical genre.
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- The Cambridge History of World Music , pp. 223 - 252Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013