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Carlos Chavez and his world / edited by Leonora Saavedra.
LIBRA ML410.C46 C37 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bard Music Festival series
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chávez, Carlos.
- Chávez, Carlos, 1899-1978.
- Music--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Composers--Mexico--Biography.
- Composers.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Mexico.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Carlos Chávez (1899-1978) is the central figure in Mexican music of the twentieth century and among the most eminent of all Latin American modernist composers. An enfant terrible in his own country, Chávez was an integral part of the emerging music scene in the United States in the 1920s. His highly individual style-diatonic, dissonant, contrapuntal-addressed both modernity and Mexico's indigenous past. Chávez was also a governmental arts administrator, founder of major Mexican cultural institutions, and conductor and founder of the Orquesta Sinfónica de México. Carlos Chávez and His World brings together an international roster of leading scholars to delve into not only Chávez's music but also the history, art, and politics surrounding his life and work. Contributors explore Chávez's vast body of compositions, including his piano music, symphonies, violin concerto, late compositions, and Indianist music. They look at his connections with such artistic greats as Aaron Copland, Miguel Covarrubias, Henry Cowell, Silvestre Revueltas, and Paul Strand. The essays examine New York's modernist scene, Mexican symphonic music, portraits of Chávez by major Mexican artists of the period, including Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo, and Chávez's impact on El Colegio Nacional. A quantum leap in understanding Carlos Chávez and his milieu, this collection will stimulate further work in Latin American music and culture. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Chávez's Musical World
- Chávez, Modem Music, and the New York Scene / Christina Taylor Gibson Gibson, Christina Taylor 2
- The Pan/American Modernisms of Carlos Chávez and Henry Cowell / Stephanie N. Stallings Stallings, Stephanie N. 28
- "The heartbeat of an intense life": Mexican Music and Carlos Chavez's Orquesta Sinfónica de México, 1928-1948 / Ricardo Miranda Miranda, Ricardo 46
- Carlos Chávez's Symphonies / Julián Orbón Orbón, Julián 62
- Translated, Introduced, and Annotated / Leonora Saavedra Saavedra, Leonora
- Carlos Chavez and Silvestre Revueltas: Retracing an Ignored Dialogue / Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus Kolb-Neuhaus, Roberto 76
- Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez, and Silvestre Revueltas / Howard Pollack Pollack, Howard 99
- Part II Biographical and Analytical Perspectives
- Chávez and the Autonomy of the Musical Work: The Piano Music / Luisa Vilar-Payá Vilar-Payá, Luisa 112
- Carlos Chavez and the Myth of the Aztec Renaissance / Leonora Saavedra Saavedra, Leonora 134
- Non-Repetition and Personal Style in the Inventions and Solis / Amy Bauer Bauer, Amy 165
- Music and the Marketplace: On the Backstory of Carlos Chávez's Violin Concerto / David Brodbeck Brodbeck, David 178
- Part III Chavez's Greater World
- Carlos Chavez and the Mexican "Vogue," 1925-1940 / Helen Delpar Delpar, Helen 204
- Carlos Chávez and Paul Strand / James Krippner Krippner, James 220
- Masters Carlos Chávez and Miguel Covarrubias: A Puppet Show / Antonio Saborit Saborit, Antonio, Rebecca Levi Levi, Rebecca 237
- The literary Affinities and Poetic Friendships of Carlos Chavez / Susana González Aktories Aktories, Susana González, Rebecca Levi Levi, Rebecca 255
- The Composer as Intellectual: Carlos Chávez and El Colegio Nacional / Ana R. Alonso-Minutti Alonso-Minutti, Ana R. 273
- Portraits of Carlos Chavez: Testimonies of Collaboration / Anna Indych-López Indych-López, Anna 295
- The Modernist Invention of Mexico: Carlos Chávez, the Mexican Revolution, and the Cultural Politics of Music / Leon Botstein Botstein, Leon 306.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691169477
- 0691169470
- 9780691169484
- 0691169489
- OCLC:
- 918873969
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