Abstract

This article aims to analyze the cultural “structures and practices” that Mexico inherited from the Second Mexican Empire, particularly in the field of arts and music, trying to be a counterbalance to the black legend that weighs on this stage of our history. My proposal is that many of the ideas brought to the country by the emperor —the Habsburg-Lorena Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian— are still in use today.

Highlights

  • Mexico was in bankrupt after the brutal War of Reform2 — known as the Three-Years War— and on June 17, 1861, the Mexican Congress decided to suspend all foreign loan payments

  • This article aims to analyze the cultural “structures and practices” that Mexico inherited from the Second Mexican Empire, in the field of arts and music, trying to be a counterbalance to the black legend that weighs on this stage of our history

  • Music education, and public and private concerts, all confirms that music played a fundamental role in the formation of the collective imagination, social action, and the legitimation of power during the Second Mexican Empire, and my objective is to account for this importance, providing a counterweight to the black legend that is associated to this period of history

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Title "Los vivas eran oídos a lo lejos entre el estruendo de las bandas militares": The Promotion of Music during the Second Mexican Empire. Powered by the California Digital Library University of California “Los vivas eran oídos a lo lejos entre el estruendo de las bandas militares”: The Promotion of Music during the Second Mexican Empire*

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Background
Music and Everyday Life
Military Bands and Popular Songs
Music Education
Conclusion
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