附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-281) and index.
Discography: page 282.
1. Roots of the Latin American Diatonic Harp: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries -- 2. The Historical Background and the Modern Traditions of Ecuadorian Harp Practice -- 3. Maistrus de Arpa: The Community of Quichua Harpists on the Slopes of Mount Cotacachi -- 4. In Contemporary Context: The Role of the Harpist in the Northern Highland Quichua Child's Wake -- 5. The Ecuadorian Diatonic Harp in the Context of Other Modern Latin American Diatonic Harp Traditions.
摘要:A musical instrument that has played a vital role in Latin American music cultures the harp is the subject of this new work, the first study of its kind to be published in English. John Schechter presents a history of the harp in Spain, traces its introduction into colonial Latin America, and describes its modern roles in the diverse cultural centers of Mexico, Paraguay-Argentina-chile, Venezuela, and Peru. He then turns his focus to his own field research in the Quichua culture of northern highland Ecuador, an area that has receive considerably less scholarly attention than many of its Latin American neighbors. The reader will meet a community of harp maistrus on the slopes of Mt. Cotacachi and become familiar with their culture, their particular instrument and its tuning, and their performance practices. Numerous photographs, musical transcriptions, and diagrams illustrate and enliven the text. The Indispensable Harp is unique for its integration of aspects of music and cultural history, organology, and performance practice, treating in considerable depth both broadly established music-ethnographical practices. It speaks to the conclusion that the vital role of the harp in Latin American music history has now been properly acknowledged and documented.
