Latin American Classical Composers

Author : Miguel Ficher,Martha Furman Schleifer,John M. Furman
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 669 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461669111

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Latin American Classical Composers by Miguel Ficher,Martha Furman Schleifer,John M. Furman Pdf

Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary presents expanded and updated coverage of its topic with an aim to be comprehensive. The authors have conducted exhaustive research to fill in gaps and correct minor errors in the first edition, adding young composers and documenting deaths since 1996, when the first edition appeared. Hundreds of composers are represented in this volume, which presents biographical data, including dates of birth and death, personal information about composers' background and training, and a selective listing of each composer's works. Sources for further study are noted within each entry. An index of composers by country rounds out this work.

Author : Martha Furman Schleifer,Gary Galván
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810888715

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Latin American Classical Composers by Martha Furman Schleifer,Gary Galván Pdf

Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Painstakingly gathered from a wide variety of sources, the information updates and expands previous editions and fills in the gaps left by the other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Entries provide biographical data comprising full names, birth and death dates and locations, background, education, and training, as well as selective works lists more than 2,300 composers. An index of composers by country and women composers of Latin America complement the volume. An essential part of any music library, Latin American Classical Composers is an invaluable reference for librarians, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, researchers, and music students.

Author : Pan American Union
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038203449

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Music in Latin America by Pan American Union Pdf

Author : Carol A. Hess
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520961005

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Experiencing Latin American Music by Carol A. Hess Pdf

Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics—identity, the body, religion, and more—and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and cultural-historical contexts. With its brisk and engaging writing, this volume covers nearly fifty genres and provides both students and instructors with online access to audio tracks and listening guides. A detailed instructor’s packet contains sample quizzes, clicker questions, and creative, classroom-tested assignments designed to encourage critical thinking and spark the imagination. Remarkably flexible, this innovative textbook empowers students from a variety of disciplines to study a subject that is increasingly relevant in today’s diverse society. In addition to the instructor’s packet, online resources for students include: customized Spotify playlist online listening guides audio sound links to reinforce musical concepts stimulating activities for individual and group work

Author : Pablo Palomino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190687434

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The Invention of Latin American Music by Pablo Palomino Pdf

The ethnically and geographically heterogeneous countries that comprise Latin America have each produced music in unique styles and genres - but how and why have these disparate musical streams come to fall under the single category of "Latin American music"? Reconstructing how this category came to be, author Pablo Palomino tells the dynamic history of the modernization of musical practices in Latin America. He focuses on the intellectual, commercial, musicological, and diplomatic actors that spurred these changes in the region between the 1920s and the 1960s, offering a transnational story based on primary sources from countries in and outside of Latin America. The Invention of Latin American Music portrays music as the field where, for the first time, the cultural idea of Latin America disseminated through and beyond the region, connecting the culture and music of the region to the wider, global culture, promoting the now-established notion of Latin America as a single musical market. Palomino explores multiple interconnected narratives throughout, pairing popular and specialist traveling musicians, commercial investments and repertoires, unionization and musicology, and music pedagogy and Pan American diplomacy. Uncovering remarkable transnational networks far from a Western cultural center, The Invention of Latin American Music firmly asserts that the democratic legitimacy and massive reach of Latin American identity and modernization explain the spread and success of Latin American music.

Author : Stela M. Brandão
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253221384

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A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire by Stela M. Brandão Pdf

A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources. Singers and teachers may use descriptive annotations (language, poet) or pedagogical annotations (range, tessitura) to determine which pieces are appropriate for their voices or programming needs, or those of their students. The guide will be a valuable resource for vocalists and researchers, however familiar they may be with this glorious repertoire.

Author : Mark Brill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351682305

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Music of Latin America and the Caribbean by Mark Brill Pdf

Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate students, which covers all major facets of Latin American music, finding a balance between important themes and illustrative examples. This book is about enjoying the music itself and provides a lively, challenging discussion complemented by stimulating musical examples couched in an appropriate cultural and historical context—the music is a specific response to the era from which it emerges, evolving from common roots to a wide variety of musical traditions. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean aims to develop an understanding of Latin American civilization and its relation to other cultures. NEW to this edition A new chapter overviewing all seven Central American countries An expansion of the chapter on the English- and French-speaking Caribbean An added chapter on transnational genres An end-of-book glossary featuring bolded terms within the text A companion website with over 50 streamed or linked audio tracks keyed to Listening Examples found in the text, in addition to other student and instructors’ resources Bibliographic suggestions at the end of each chapter, highlighting resources for further reading, listening, and viewing Organized along thematic, historical, and geographical lines, Music of Latin America and the Caribbean implores students to appreciate the unique and varied contributions of other cultures while realizing the ways non-Western cultures have influenced Western musical heritage. With focused discussions on genres and styles, musical instruments, important rituals, and the composers and performers responsible for its evolution, the author employs a broad view of Latin American music: every country in Latin America and the Caribbean shares a common history, and thus, a similar musical tradition.

Author : Pan American Union. Division of Music and Visual Arts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Music
ISBN : NYPL:33433087666222

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Music of Latin America by Pan American Union. Division of Music and Visual Arts Pdf

Author : George Torres
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9798216109198

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Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music by George Torres Pdf

This comprehensive survey examines Latin American music, focusing on popular—as opposed to folk or art—music and containing more than 200 entries on the concepts and terminology, ensembles, and instruments that the genre comprises. The rich and soulful character of Latin American culture is expressed most vividly in the sounds and expressions of its musical heritage. While other scholars have attempted to define and interpret this body of work, no other resource has provided such a detailed view of the topic, covering everything from the mambo and unique music instruments to the biographies of famous Latino musicians. Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music delivers scholarly, authoritative, and accessible information on the subject, and is the only single-volume reference in English that is devoted to an encyclopedic study of the popular music in this genre. This comprehensive text—organized alphabetically—contains roughly 200 entries and includes a chronology, discussion of themes in Latin American music, and 37 biographical sidebars of significant musicians and performers. The depth and scope of the book's coverage will benefit music courses, as well as studies in Latin American history, multicultural perspectives, and popular culture.

Author : Carol A. Hess
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252054006

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Aaron Copland in Latin America by Carol A. Hess Pdf

Between 1941 and 1963, Aaron Copland made four government-sponsored tours of Latin America that drew extensive attention at home and abroad. Interviews with eyewitnesses, previously untapped Latin American press accounts, and Copland’s diaries inform Carol A. Hess’s in-depth examination of the composer’s approach to cultural diplomacy. As Hess shows, Copland’s tours facilitated an exchange of music and ideas with Latin American composers while capturing the tenor of United States diplomatic efforts at various points in history. In Latin America, Copland’s introduced works by U.S. composers (including himself) through lectures, radio broadcasts, live performance, and conversations. Back at home, he used his celebrity to draw attention to regional composers he admired. Hess’s focus on Latin America’s reception of Copland provides a variety of outside perspectives on the composer and his mission. She also teases out the broader meanings behind reviews of Copland and examines his critics in the context of their backgrounds, training, aesthetics, and politics.

Author : Daniel Balderston,Mike Gonzalez,Ana M. Lopez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1833 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134788521

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures by Daniel Balderston,Mike Gonzalez,Ana M. Lopez Pdf

This vast three-volume Encyclopedia offers more than 4000 entries on all aspects of the dynamic and exciting contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its coverage is unparalleled with more than 40 regions discussed and a time-span of 1920 to the present day. "Culture" is broadly defined to include food, sport, religion, television, transport, alongside architecture, dance, film, literature, music and sculpture. The international team of contributors include many who are based in Latin America and the Caribbean making this the most essential, authoritative and authentic Encyclopedia for anyone studying Latin American and Caribbean studies. Key features include: * over 4000 entries ranging from extensive overview entries which provide context for general issues to shorter, factual or biographical pieces * articles followed by bibliographic references which offer a starting point for further research * extensive cross-referencing and thematic and regional contents lists direct users to relevant articles and help map a route through the entries * a comprehensive index provides further guidance.

Author : Fredrick B. Pike
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780292787896

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The United States and Latin America by Fredrick B. Pike Pdf

The lazy greaser asleep under a sombrero and the avaricious gringo with money-stuffed pockets are only two of the negative stereotypes that North Americans and Latin Americans have cherished during several centuries of mutual misunderstanding. This unique study probes the origins of these stereotypes and myths and explores how they have shaped North American impressions of Latin America from the time of the Pilgrims up to the end of the twentieth century. Fredrick Pike's central thesis is that North Americans have identified themselves with "civilization" in all its manifestations, while viewing Latin Americans as hopelessly trapped in primitivism, the victims of nature rather than its masters. He shows how this civilization-nature duality arose from the first European settlers' perception that nature—and everything identified with it, including American Indians, African slaves, all women, and all children—was something to be conquered and dominated. This myth eventually came to color the North American establishment view of both immigrants to the United States and all our neighbors to the south.

Author : Josh Kun
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520294400

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The Tide Was Always High by Josh Kun Pdf

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Author : Peter Altmeier-Mort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 098764114X

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Guitar Music of Spain and Latin America by Peter Altmeier-Mort Pdf

An collection of over 50 guitar solos by composers of the genre from the 19th and early 20th Century.

Author : Alejandro L. Madrid
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252052873

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Tania León's Stride by Alejandro L. Madrid Pdf

Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León’s achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León’s words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist's journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León's Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American classical music.