Aaron Copland in Latin America : music and cultural politics / Carol A. Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Carol A., author.

Series:

Music in American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Travel--Latin America.

Copland, Aaron.

Music and diplomacy--Latin America--History--20th century.

Music and diplomacy.

Cultural diplomacy--Latin America--History--20th century.

Cultural diplomacy.

Pan-Americanism--History--20th century.

Pan-Americanism.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Travel.

Latin America.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Between 1941 and 1963, Aaron Copland made four government-sponsored tours of Latin America that drew extensive attention at home and abroad. Interviews with eyewitnesses, previously untapped Latin American press accounts, and Copland's diaries inform Carol A. Hess's in-depth examination of the composer's approach to cultural diplomacy. As Hess shows, Copland's tours facilitated an exchange of music and ideas with Latin American composers while capturing the tenor of United States diplomatic efforts at various points in history. In Latin America, Copland's introduced works by U.S. composers, including himself, through lectures, radio broadcasts, live performance, and conversations. Back at home, he used his celebrity to draw attention to regional composers he admired. Hess's focus on Latin America's reception of Copland provides a variety of outside perspectives on the composer and his mission. She also teases out the broader meanings behind reviews of Copland and examines his critics in the context of their backgrounds, training, aesthetics, and politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I A CITIZEN DIPLOMAT PREPARES

1. Introduction

2. Copland and the Beginnings of U.S. Cultural Diplomacy

3. Copland as Good Neighbor

pt. II COPLAND, LATIN AMERICA, AND WORLD WAR II

4. Diplomat "in the Field"

5. Copland in Argentina

6. Copland in Brazil

7. Copland in Chile

8. The Americas at War

pt. III COPLAND, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE POSTWAR

9. The Early Cold War

10. Shifting Ground and the Crisis of Modernism

11. The Sixties

12. Latin American Classical Music and Memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hess, Carol A. Aaron Copland in Latin America

ISBN:

9780252044854

0252044851

9780252086953

0252086953

OCLC:

1337154553