Ballads of the lords of New Spain the codex Romances de los senores de la Nueva Espana
Compiled in 1582, Ballads of the Lords of New Spain is one of the two principal sources of Nahuatl song, as well as a poetical window into the mindset of the Aztec people some sixty years after the conquest of Mexico. Presented as a cancionero, or anthology, in the mode of New Spain, the ballads sho...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433898506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Orthography""; ""Using the Online Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""On the Translation of Aztec Poetry""; ""Guide to the Vocabulary""; ""Romances de los Señores de la Nueva España/Ballads of the Lords of New Spain""; ""Guide to the Transcription""; ""The Text in Nahuatl and in English""; ""PART 1""; ""[I] 1. Friends, let us sing""; ""[II] 2. ""I'm coming, I, Yoyontzin, craving flowers""""; ""[III] 3. Again they make music""; ""[IV] 4. God Self Maker's home is nowhere""; ""[V] 5. Friends, listen to this""; ""[VI] 6. ""I come to guard the city""""
- ""[VII] 7. The flower lords, the song bells""""[VIII] 8. Chalco's come to fight""; ""[IX] 9. Let's drink""; ""[X] 10. For a moment God's drums come forth""; ""[XI] 11. May your flesh, your hearts be leafy green""; ""[XII] 12. The flower trees are whirling""; ""[XIII] 13. In this flower house""; ""[XIV] 14. Princes, I've been hearing good songs""; ""PART 2""; ""[XV] 1. Now let us begin""; ""[XVI] 2. A master of egrets makes these flowers move""; ""[XVII] 3. On this flower mat you paint your songs""; ""[XVIII] 4. Are You obliging?""; ""[XIX] 5. I'm born in vain""; ""[XX] 6. I strike up a song""
- ""[XXXIII] 1. Begin in beauty""""[XXXIV] 2. Like flowers""; ""[XXXV] 3. ""Never with shields""""; ""[XXXVI] 4. Jade, turquoise: your chalk, [your] plumes""; ""Commentary""; ""Concordance to Proper Nouns""; ""Verbs, Particles, and Common Nouns""; ""Appendix I: Two Versions of the Myth of the Origin of Music""; ""Appendix II: Corrections for the Cantares Edition""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
