In search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13 / Alejandro L. Madrid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madrid, Alejandro L., author.

Series:

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.

Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carrillo, Julián, 1875-1965--Criticism and interpretation.

Carrillo, Julián.

Microtonal music--History and criticism.

Microtonal music.

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

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1920s, Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system he metaphorically called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality gave him a cult figure status among European avant-garde circles in the 1960s and 1970s, his music and legacy have remained largely ignored by scholars and critics. This book explores his ideas not only in relation to the historical moments of their inception but also in relation to the various cultural projects that kept them alive and resignified them into the 21st century.

Contents:

Introduction. A cultural complex's non-linear story

Imitation, ideology, performativity, and Carrillo's Symphony no. 1

Y hermosísima patria será : national and post-national transfigurations in Matilde

Modernism, teleology, and identity : toward a cultural understanding of early Sonido 13

Reading Carrillo : the future that never was

Continuities and discontinuities in an imaginary cycle : the thirteen string quartets

Experimentalism, mythology, the intermundane, and Sonido 13 after julián carrillo

Estrangement, performance, and performativity : musicking Sonido 13.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-046369-4

0-19-021580-1

0-19-021581-X