Moving away from silence : music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the experience of urban migration / Thomas Turino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turino, Thomas.

Series:

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Peru--Conima (District)--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Folk music--Peru--Lima--History and criticism.

Rural-urban migration--Peru.

Rural-urban migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Increasingly popular in the United States and Europe, Andean panpipe and flute music draws its vitality from the traditions of rural highland villages and of rural migrants who have settled in Andean cities. In Moving Away from Silence, Thomas Turino describes panpipe and flute traditions in the context of this rural-urban migration and the turbulent politics that have influenced Peruvian society and local identities throughout this century. Turino's ethnography is the first large-scale study to concentrate on the pervasive effects of migration on Andean people and their music. Turino uses the musical traditions of Conima, Peru as a unifying thread, tracing them through the varying lives of Conimeos in different locales. He reveals how music both sustains and creates meaning for a people struggling amid the dramatic social upheavals of contemporary Peru. Moving Away from Silence contains detailed interpretations based on comparative field research of Conimeo musical performance, rehearsals, composition, and festivals in the highlands and Lima. The volume will be of great importance to students of Latin American music and culture as well as ethnomusicological and ethnographic theory and method.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: From Conima to Lima

Part One. Music in Conima

Part Two. The Local, the National, and the Youth of Conima

Part Three. The Music of Conimeño Residents in Lima

Appendix 1: Calendar of Musical Occasions in Conima

Appendix 2: Historical Background of the Musical Instruments

Appendix 3: Musical Examples

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Annotated Discography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Discography: p. 315-316.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-314) and index.

ISBN:

9786612537752

9781282537750

128253775X

9780226816951

0226816958

OCLC:

593240126