| Summary: | The present study offers an organized analysis of that portion of the content of Puerto Rican newspapers and journals of the Spanish Colonial period pertinent to the island's music and musical life. === The time-span chosen for this study encompassed the Spanish colonial period in its entirety. Insofar as publishing is concerned, this era began with the importation of the first printing press in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The study ends with the termination of Spanish sovereignty in 1898. === The number of existing sources is uneven, offering a larger number of both titles and issues in the last three decades of the century. Each existing number was examined for its musical content. The latter was summarized by decades in a general way, then described in detail in tables appearing in Part II. === These tables are divided into very broad categories which are continued throughout and which enable the reader to follow particular segments of musical life throughout the century. === The categories are: (1) religious music; (2) dances and other secular festivities; (3) articles, short pieces and song texts; (4) concerts and theatre; and (5) advertisements. === This study has determined that Puerto Rican newspapers and journals of the nineteenth century are indeed a valuable source for the investigation of the island's musical history. The materials available in these sources has now been described in such a way as to provide a research tool for the serious musicologist and social historian. === Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-02, Section: A, page: 0446. === Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
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