Alejandro Vera is Associate Professor at the Music Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is the author of Santiago de Murcia: Cifras selectas de guitarra and Música vocal profana en el Madrid de Felipe IV, and has published in journals including Acta musicologica, Early Music, and Latin American Music Review.

The Sweet Penance of Music is a groundbreaking study of one of the most vibrant urban music cultures in colonial South America. Alejandro Vera offers a richly detailed account of musical life in Santiago de Chile, drawing from a wide array of archival sources to reveal and critically interpret valuable new data on the practice, function, and meaning of music in diverse parts of Santiaguino society.

• Introduction1. The Cathedral of Santiago2. Convents and monsteries3. The private sphere and the music trade4. From birth to death: fiestas, spectacles, and public space in colonial Santiago5. Musicians in colonial SantiagoConclusions BibliographyDiscographyDocuments

Alejandro Vera is Associate Professor at the Music Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is the author of Santiago de Murcia: Cifras selectas de guitarra and Música vocal profana en el Madrid de Felipe IV, and has published in journals including Acta musicologica, Early Music, and Latin American Music Review.

The Sweet Penance of Music is a groundbreaking study of one of the most vibrant urban music cultures in colonial South America. Alejandro Vera offers a richly detailed account of musical life in Santiago de Chile, drawing from a wide array of archival sources to reveal and critically interpret valuable new data on the practice, function, and meaning of music in diverse parts of Santiaguino society.

• Introduction1. The Cathedral of Santiago2. Convents and monsteries3. The private sphere and the music trade4. From birth to death: fiestas, spectacles, and public space in colonial Santiago5. Musicians in colonial SantiagoConclusions BibliographyDiscographyDocuments

Alejandro Vera is Associate Professor at the Music Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is the author of Santiago de Murcia: Cifras selectas de guitarra and Música vocal profana en el Madrid de Felipe IV, and has published in journals including Acta musicologica, Early Music, and Latin American Music Review.

The Sweet Penance of Music is a groundbreaking study of one of the most vibrant urban music cultures in colonial South America. Alejandro Vera offers a richly detailed account of musical life in Santiago de Chile, drawing from a wide array of archival sources to reveal and critically interpret valuable new data on the practice, function, and meaning of music in diverse parts of Santiaguino society.

• Introduction1. The Cathedral of Santiago2. Convents and monsteries3. The private sphere and the music trade4. From birth to death: fiestas, spectacles, and public space in colonial Santiago5. Musicians in colonial SantiagoConclusions BibliographyDiscographyDocuments