The New World Order: Ursulines, Music from the Court of Louis XIV, and Educational Outreach in Eighteenth-Century New Orleans

When a group of Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans from Rouen in 1727 it significantly changed the sacred musical landscape in the Louisiana Territory of New France. The women brought with them their commitment to education, a tradition of using music in their worship, and music similar to that pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pineda, Kim
Other Authors: Vanscheeuwijck, Marc
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18426