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Voices of the Magi: Enchanted Journeys in Southeast Brazil: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology

Autor Suzel Reily
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mai 2002
Voices of the Magi explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as folias de reis (companies of kings). Composed predominantly of low-income workers, the folias reenact the journey of the Wise Men to Bethlehem and back to the Orient, as they roam from house to house, singing to bless the families they visit in exchange for food and money. These gifts, in turn, are used to prepare a festival on Kings' Day, January 6, to which all who contributed are invited.

Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performances of the folias to create sacred spheres distinct from, yet intimately related to, their everyday world. Reily calls this practice "enchantment" and argues that it allows the folia communities to temporarily make the social ideals of mutual reciprocity and equality embodied in their religious beliefs a reality. The contrast between their ritual experiences and the daily lives of these impoverished workers, in turn, reinforces the religious convictions of these devotees of the music of the Magi.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226709413
ISBN-10: 0226709418
Pagini: 283
Ilustrații: 19 halftones, 6 musical examples
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology


Notă biografică

Suzel Ana Reily is a senior lecturer in ethnomusicology and anthropology at Queen's University Belfast.

Cuprins

Preface
Key to Musical Transcriptions
I. Preparations
II. Folias
III. Banners
IV. Rehearsals
V. Departures
VI. Adorations
VII. Visitations
VIII. Arrivals
IX. Visions
Appendix: Musical Examples
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index