Música para rezos y liturgias de la Semana Santa de los archivos misionales en Bolivia

Research demonstrates that the music used in Holy Week celebrations during the 18th-century Jesuit missions of Chiquitos, Bolivia, can be reconstructed based on archival texts and musical collections. The study analyzes written accounts by Jesuit missionaries and superiors, detailing formal and popular liturgies from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday. By cross-referencing these texts with surviving music collections from the missions, the research suggests that a comprehensive reconstruction of the ceremonial soundscapes is feasible. This finding opens avenues for further exploration, potentially deepening our understanding of the cultural and musical practices of the era.

Nawrot, P. (2019). Música para rezos y liturgias de la Semana Santa de los archivos misionales en Bolivia. Annales Missiologici Posnanienses, (23), 147–163. https://doi.org/10.14746/amp.2018.23.10