Spirituality in Song: Mexican Choirbooks of the Newberry Library
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This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned.
In-Person Registration: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0057-0014-484ad9ae74324eefb92ccd5fbc27c480
Livestream Registration: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0057-0014-86cb89e225b447359f268b92095548e1
Join us for an in-depth look at the Newberry’s rich holdings of choirbooks from colonial Mexico, which combined European forms with Indigenous traditions to produce new spiritual music.
This roundtable discussion will examine the books and music from three diverse perspectives: music historian Ireri Chávez-Bárcenas will illuminate the cultural context of the music, art historian Claudia Brittenham will consider the material aspects of the Newberry’s large-scale books, and renowned early music vocalist Ellen Hargis will share the experience of researching and performing the music today. Clips of recordings of music from these historic books will serve as the soundtrack for the conversation.
This event is cosponsored by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.
Related Partner Program
"Shift: Music, Meaning, Context" explores how music changes in form and interpretation as it moves across time, bodies, and place. The exhibition is produced in collaboration between Goethe-Institut Chicago and The Museum of Contemporary Photography, held on-site at the museum, and is on view from April 13 – August 8, 2023.
For more information about this related exhibition, please visit the MoCP website: https://www.mocp.org/exhibition/shift/
In-Person Registration: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0057-0014-484ad9ae74324eefb92ccd5fbc27c480
Livestream Registration: https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0057-0014-86cb89e225b447359f268b92095548e1
Join us for an in-depth look at the Newberry’s rich holdings of choirbooks from colonial Mexico, which combined European forms with Indigenous traditions to produce new spiritual music.
This roundtable discussion will examine the books and music from three diverse perspectives: music historian Ireri Chávez-Bárcenas will illuminate the cultural context of the music, art historian Claudia Brittenham will consider the material aspects of the Newberry’s large-scale books, and renowned early music vocalist Ellen Hargis will share the experience of researching and performing the music today. Clips of recordings of music from these historic books will serve as the soundtrack for the conversation.
This event is cosponsored by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.
Related Partner Program
"Shift: Music, Meaning, Context" explores how music changes in form and interpretation as it moves across time, bodies, and place. The exhibition is produced in collaboration between Goethe-Institut Chicago and The Museum of Contemporary Photography, held on-site at the museum, and is on view from April 13 – August 8, 2023.
For more information about this related exhibition, please visit the MoCP website: https://www.mocp.org/exhibition/shift/
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The Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St,Chicago,IL,United States
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