From Your Belly Flow Song-flowers: Mexica Voicings in Colonial New Spain (Toward a Culturally-informed Voice Theory and Practice)

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dc.contributor.advisorWolf, Juan
dc.contributor.authorBattafarano, Bethany
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-29T15:02:50Z
dc.date.available2021-04-29T15:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-29
dc.description.abstractIn colonial New Spain, Indigenous peoples sang, played, and composed in western European musical styles, and Spanish composers incorporated Indigenous instruments, rhythms, and languages into their compositions. However, modern vocalists in the United States often overlook or misrepresent Indigenous features in performances of New Spanish repertoire. Vocalists typically must make choices about vocal techniques alone and, largely for lack of resources, in uninformed ways. This thesis guides bel canto-trained vocalists through the development of a culturally-informed vocal performance of colonial New Spanish repertoire; specifically, it suggests grounds for better-informed vocal performance practices in Mexica traditions. First, I offer bel canto-trained vocalists context to recognize their voice-culture biases and to remain open to new voice-cultural ideas. Then I provide bel canto-trained vocalists with New Spanish musico-cultural and Mexica voice-culture contexts. Finally, I apply the prior content in a performance practice example of Gaspar Fernándes’ “Tleycantimo choquilia.”en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/26212
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectCulturally Informed Performanceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectMexicaen_US
dc.subjectNew Spainen_US
dc.subjectVocal performanceen_US
dc.subjectVoice theoryen_US
dc.titleFrom Your Belly Flow Song-flowers: Mexica Voicings in Colonial New Spain (Toward a Culturally-informed Voice Theory and Practice)
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Music and Dance
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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