The objective of these writings is to show a reality that is known to few. A paradigm of the world that differs from the ordinary conception of what people call "reality". One of the most important lessons I have learned is that by naming things you are closer to owning them, mastering them, and ultimately understanding them. The names that I will give throughout the book, such as auditorium, sleepers, players, etc., only name concepts that everyone knows, but not having been named, were u...

A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about Chilean colonial music, A Sweet Penance of Music offers a comprehensive view of musicians within the city and their links with other Latin American urban centers in the wider colonial system. Author Alejandro Vera, recent winner of the International Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize for the Spanish edition of his monograph, provides a fascinating account of ...