HARMONIES AND DISSONANCES OF FAITH: JESUITS, AMERINDIANS AND MUSIC IN THE EARLY YEARS OF CONTACT

Authors

  • Luisa Tombini Wittmann

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.19735

Keywords:

music, missions, jesuits, tupi

Abstract

The history of the contact between Indians and missionaries involves debates on the use of music in evangelization and many musical practices in the villages of Portuguese America. Music, sometimes seen as a forceful strategy that resulted in the acculturation of the Amerindians, was, however, a significant vehicle of approach, dispute, negotiation and religious translation. This is the subject of this article, which is based on the analysis of Jesuit letters written in the early years of the Society of Jesus in Brazil.

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Published

2011-10-22

How to Cite

WITTMANN, Luisa Tombini. HARMONIES AND DISSONANCES OF FAITH: JESUITS, AMERINDIANS AND MUSIC IN THE EARLY YEARS OF CONTACT. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 5, n. 2, p. 74, 2011. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.19735. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/19735. Acesso em: 12 aug. 2026.