A Priest's Obsession With Native Music Nearly Cost the Church a Continent
Colonial Americas

A Priest's Obsession With Native Music Nearly Cost the Church a Continent

A Spanish priest's obsession with Native music almost cost the Catholic Church an entire continent.

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