Music of Latin America and its role in the process of colonization

The book is dedicated to the history of Academic music of Latin America in the context of Spanish colonization. In a lively and fascinating form, based on the materials of the Spanish and Latin American archives that were previously not translated into Russian, the author proves that Christianization and colonization of America became possible thanks to music, and the Spanish colonialists - contrary to the widespread opinion about their mass cruelty - were the enlighteners of the Indians , played an important role in the preservation of Indian culture and laid the foundations of the future statehood of the countries of Latin America and the USA. The development of the musical culture of the New World is illustrated on the example of the biography of the Creole composer Manuel de Sumay, as well as little -known, and often funny facts from the history of Spain and Latin America.
For musicologists, religious scholars, historians, students of music universities and a wide range of readers