Iberian Sources for the Historiography of Musics in the Early Modern Moluccas (Maluku)
This chapter examines Iberian sources (Portuguese and Spanish) from the 16th–17th centuries to reconstruct musical practices in the early modern Moluccas (Maluku, Indonesia). It analyzes three key textual categories: (1) António Galvão’s 1544 treatise detailing indigenous instruments (e.g., gongs, t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/392407 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/392407 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Moluccas/Maluku Iberian sources Music historiography Missionaries Early Modern Indonesia |
| Sumario: | This chapter examines Iberian sources (Portuguese and Spanish) from the 16th–17th centuries to reconstruct musical practices in the early modern Moluccas (Maluku, Indonesia). It analyzes three key textual categories: (1) António Galvão’s 1544 treatise detailing indigenous instruments (e.g., gongs, tifa drums), court rituals, and dances like lego-lego; (2) Jesuit missionary letters documenting musical evangelization, including localized Catholic chants, polyphony, and conflicts over indigenous performances; and (3) Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola’s 1609 Conquista de las Islas Malucas, which synthesizes intercultural sonic encounters. The author highlights how these sources reveal musical hybridity, power dynamics in colonial encounters, and gaps in historiography, emphasizing music’s role in diplomacy, religion, and cultural identity amid Iberian-Dutch rivalries. |
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