Musicians in transit : Argentina and the globalization of popular music / Matthew B. Karush.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karush, Matthew B. (Matthew Benjamin), 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Argentina--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Musicians--Argentina.

Musicians.

Music and transnationalism.

Music and globalization.

Argentina.

Music and globalization--Latin America.

Music and transnationalism--Latin America.

Latin America.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Matthew B. Karush examines the transnational careers of seven of the most influential Argentine musicians of the twentieth century: Afro-Argentine swing guitarist Oscar Aleman, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, composer Lalo Schifrin, tango innovator Astor Piazzolla, balada singer Sandro, folksinger Mercedes Sosa, and rock musician Gustavo Santaolalla. As active participants in the globalized music business, these artists interacted with musicians and audiences in the United States, Europe, and Latin America and contended with genre distinctions, marketing conventions, and ethnic stereotypes. By responding creatively to these constraints, they made innovative music that provided Argentines with new ways of understanding their nation's place in the world. Eventually, these musicians produced expressions of Latin identity that reverberated beyond Argentina, including a novel form of pop ballad, an anti-imperialist, revolutionary folk genre, and a style of rock built on a pastiche of Latin American and global genres. A website with links to recordings by each musician accompanies the book.

Contents:

Black in Buenos Aires : Oscar Alemán and the transnational history of swing

Argentines into Latins : the jazz histories of Lalo Schifrin and Gato Barbieri

Cosmopolitan tango : Astor Piazzolla at home and abroad

The sound of Latin America : Sandro and the invention of balada

Indigenous Argentina and revolutionary Latin America : Mercedes Sosa and the multiple meanings of folk music

The music of globalization : Gustavo Santaolalla and the production of rock Latino.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Karush, Matthew B. (Matthew Benjamin), 1968- author. Musicians in transit.

ISBN:

9780822362166

0822362163

9780822362364

0822362368

OCLC:

934195090