Más allá de la sonoridad: huellas del pensamiento musical en el convento de Jesús María de México

Abstract

During the viceregal period, music and other sound practices were an important part of spiritual and daily life in nunneries in New Spain. The convent of Jesús María of Mexico boasted one of the most acclaimed sound cultures in the region. Thus, it can serve as a model for examining monastic music. This article considers the relationship between the convent’s auditory environment and so-called musical thought for two aims: to broaden critical approaches to convent music culture and to respond to the problematic way that current scholarship distances musical practice from its philosophical complements.