The influence of Carlos Prieto on contemporary cello music / Alán Saúl Saucedo Estrada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saucedo Estrada, Alán Saúl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prieto, Carlos, 1937---Influence.

Prieto, Carlos.

Prieto, Carlos, 1937-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 124 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, Inc., [2014]

Summary:

This book includes biographical information on Carlos Prieto, his contributions to music, as well as a detailed catalog of seventy-two pieces commissioned and/or dedicated to him. A graduate of MIT and a former director of Fundidora, the biggest steel company in Mexico, Carlos Prieto decided at the age of thirty-eight to abandon his career as a business man and become a full time professional cellist. Since then he has premiered over ninety pieces, most of them commissioned and/or dedicated to him by Latin-American composers. These commissions and dedications represent about fifty percent of the music written for the cello by Latin-American composers. This is the first time a study has been conducted on this body of music. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Carlos Prieto Biographical Information 5

3 Introduction to Catalog of Commissioned and Dedicated Compositions 23

4 Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research 121.

ISBN:

9780761863267

0761863265

OCLC:

867013135