The Guatemala City Choirbooks form a collection of the Roman Catholic liturgical music used in the Cathedral of Guatemala City in the 16th and early 17th centuries. During that time, the cathedral (eventually demolished in 1669 after deterioration caused by several earthquakes) was an important center of Spanish culture in the Americas, with polyphonic music already in use in the 1540s.
The Guatemala City Choirbooks represent a collection of Roman Catholic liturgical music used in a significant Spanish cultural center during the 16th and early 17th centuries. Polyphonic music was already present in the Americas by the 1540s.