Latin American Classical Composers

Author : Martha Furman Schleifer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810888718
Total Pages : 763 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin American Classical Composers written by Martha Furman Schleifer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its third edition, Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary provides a singular English-language resource for biographical information on hundreds of composers from Central and South America and the Hispanic Caribbean. Painstakingly gathered from a wide variety of sources, the information updates and expands previous editions and fills in the gaps left by the other major English-language music dictionaries and encyclopedias. Entries provide biographical data comprising full names, birth and death dates and locations, background, education, and training, as well as selective works lists more than 2,300 composers. An index of composers by country and women composers of Latin America complement the volume. An essential part of any music library, Latin American Classical Composers is an invaluable reference for librarians, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, researchers, and music students.

Author : Miguel Ficher
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461669111
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin American Classical Composers written by Miguel Ficher and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002-10-16 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary presents expanded and updated coverage of its topic with an aim to be comprehensive. The authors have conducted exhaustive research to fill in gaps and correct minor errors in the first edition, adding young composers and documenting deaths since 1996, when the first edition appeared. Hundreds of composers are represented in this volume, which presents biographical data, including dates of birth and death, personal information about composers' background and training, and a selective listing of each composer's works. Sources for further study are noted within each entry. An index of composers by country rounds out this work.

Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music in Latin America written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pablo Palomino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190687436
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Latin American Music written by Pablo Palomino and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ethnically and geographically heterogeneous countries that comprise Latin America have each produced music in unique styles and genres - but how and why have these disparate musical streams come to fall under the single category of "Latin American music"? Reconstructing how this category came to be, author Pablo Palomino tells the dynamic history of the modernization of musical practices in Latin America. He focuses on the intellectual, commercial, musicological, and diplomatic actors that spurred these changes in the region between the 1920s and the 1960s, offering a transnational story based on primary sources from countries in and outside of Latin America. The Invention of Latin American Music portrays music as the field where, for the first time, the cultural idea of Latin America disseminated through and beyond the region, connecting the culture and music of the region to the wider, global culture, promoting the now-established notion of Latin America as a single musical market. Palomino explores multiple interconnected narratives throughout, pairing popular and specialist traveling musicians, commercial investments and repertoires, unionization and musicology, and music pedagogy and Pan American diplomacy. Uncovering remarkable transnational networks far from a Western cultural center, The Invention of Latin American Music firmly asserts that the democratic legitimacy and massive reach of Latin American identity and modernization explain the spread and success of Latin American music.

Author : George Torres
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music written by George Torres and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey examines Latin American music, focusing on popular—as opposed to folk or art—music and containing more than 200 entries on the concepts and terminology, ensembles, and instruments that the genre comprises. The rich and soulful character of Latin American culture is expressed most vividly in the sounds and expressions of its musical heritage. While other scholars have attempted to define and interpret this body of work, no other resource has provided such a detailed view of the topic, covering everything from the mambo and unique music instruments to the biographies of famous Latino musicians. Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music delivers scholarly, authoritative, and accessible information on the subject, and is the only single-volume reference in English that is devoted to an encyclopedic study of the popular music in this genre. This comprehensive text—organized alphabetically—contains roughly 200 entries and includes a chronology, discussion of themes in Latin American music, and 37 biographical sidebars of significant musicians and performers. The depth and scope of the book's coverage will benefit music courses, as well as studies in Latin American history, multicultural perspectives, and popular culture.

Author : J. Bicknell
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023023383X
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Music Moves Us written by J. Bicknell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-04-08 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music has extraordinary power to move us, but how and why does it affect us? What is going on, emotionally, physically and cognitively when listeners have strong emotional responses to music? This is a highly readable, original and philosophically important book for anyone who has ever been moved by music.

Author : Carol A. Hess
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520961005
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiencing Latin American Music written by Carol A. Hess and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiencing Latin American Music draws on human experience as a point of departure for musical understanding. Students explore broad topics—identity, the body, religion, and more—and relate these to Latin American musics while refining their understanding of musical concepts and cultural-historical contexts. With its brisk and engaging writing, this volume covers nearly fifty genres and provides both students and instructors with online access to audio tracks and listening guides. A detailed instructor’s packet contains sample quizzes, clicker questions, and creative, classroom-tested assignments designed to encourage critical thinking and spark the imagination. Remarkably flexible, this innovative textbook empowers students from a variety of disciplines to study a subject that is increasingly relevant in today’s diverse society. In addition to the instructor’s packet, online resources for students include: customized Spotify playlist online listening guides audio sound links to reinforce musical concepts stimulating activities for individual and group work

Author : Mark Brill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135168230X
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music of Latin America and the Caribbean written by Mark Brill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate students, which covers all major facets of Latin American music, finding a balance between important themes and illustrative examples. This book is about enjoying the music itself and provides a lively, challenging discussion complemented by stimulating musical examples couched in an appropriate cultural and historical context—the music is a specific response to the era from which it emerges, evolving from common roots to a wide variety of musical traditions. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean aims to develop an understanding of Latin American civilization and its relation to other cultures. NEW to this edition A new chapter overviewing all seven Central American countries An expansion of the chapter on the English- and French-speaking Caribbean An added chapter on transnational genres An end-of-book glossary featuring bolded terms within the text A companion website with over 50 streamed or linked audio tracks keyed to Listening Examples found in the text, in addition to other student and instructors’ resources Bibliographic suggestions at the end of each chapter, highlighting resources for further reading, listening, and viewing Organized along thematic, historical, and geographical lines, Music of Latin America and the Caribbean implores students to appreciate the unique and varied contributions of other cultures while realizing the ways non-Western cultures have influenced Western musical heritage. With focused discussions on genres and styles, musical instruments, important rituals, and the composers and performers responsible for its evolution, the author employs a broad view of Latin American music: every country in Latin America and the Caribbean shares a common history, and thus, a similar musical tradition.

Author : Robin D. Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780393929652
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musics of Latin America written by Robin D. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musics of Latin America explores one of the most musically diverse regions in the world and emphasizes music as a means of understanding culture and society; students will quickly see music as an entry point to understanding historical and political trends. Chapters cover traditional, popular, and classical repertoire, offering direct engagement with the music alongside user-friendly pedagogy.

Author : Alejandro L. Madrid
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052870
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tania León's Stride written by Alejandro L. Madrid and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León’s achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León’s words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist's journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León's Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American classical music.