The singing of the New World indigenous voice in the era of European contact

• Main Author: Tomlinson, Gary (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 2007
• Series: New perspectives in music history and criticism
• Subjects: Singing > History > Latin America; Aztecs > Music; Incas > Music; Tupinamba Indians > Music
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• Physical Description: ix, 220 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-212) and index
• ISBN: 0521873916; 9780521873918

In The Singing of the New World Gary Tomlinson offers histories of ancient music long since silent: the songs of the Indians that Europeans met in the sixteenth century. Merging recent cultural history with early European accounts and modern archaeological findings, Tomlinson explores the place of singing in these societies.