Mario Lavista : mirrors of sounds / Ana R. Alonso-Minutti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alonso-Minutti, Ana R., 1976- author.

Series:

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.

Currents in Latin American & Iberian music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Mexico--Biography.

Composers.

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

Music.

Music--Mexico--21st century--History and criticism.

Lavista, Mario, 1943-2021.

Lavista, Mario.

Lavista, Mario, 1943-2021--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Composer, pianist, editor, writer and pedagogue Mario Lavista (1943-2021) was a central figure of the cultural and artistic scene in Mexico and one of the leading Ibero-American composers of his generation. Understanding analysis as an affective practice, this study explores the intertextual connections between the multiple texts that are present in Lavista's music.

Contents:

Introduction. The Mirrors of Sounds in Lavista's Music

Embracing a Cosmopolitan Ideal

Permuting Cage, Permuting Music

Poetic Encounters and Instrumental Affairs

Of Birds, Ballerinas, and Other Creatures

Mirrors of a Superior Order : Tradition, Memory, and Spirituality

The Composer as Intellectual : Mario Lavista and El Colegio Nacional

Epilogue: Nihil novum sub sole : Perpetual Mirrors

Appendix : Chronological List of Works of Mario Lavista.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 13, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Alonso-Minutti, Ana R. Mario Lavista

ISBN:

9780190212759

0190212756

9780197638347

0197638341

9780190212742

0190212748

OCLC:

1390201498