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Carlos Chávez and His World
Carlos Chávez (1899–1978) is the central figure in Mexican music of the twentieth century and among the most eminent of all Latin American modernist composers. An enfant terrible in his own country, Chávez was an integral part of the emerging music scene in the United States in the 1920s. His highly individual style—diatonic, dissonant, contrapuntal—addressed both modernity and Mexico's indigenous past. Chávez was also a governmental arts administrator, founder of major Mexican cultural institutions, and conductor and founder of the Orquesta Sinfónica de México. Carlos Chávez and His World brings together an international roster of leading scholars to delve into not only Chávez...
Carlos Chávez
A guide to the life, music, and writings of influential Mexican musician Chavez (1899-1978). Characterizes his compositional styles, lists compositions and arrangements by genre and performance medium, and reviews his own abundant writings of a broad range of musical topics. Also considers his writing about his career as composer, conductor, teacher, and arts administrator and includes pointers to archival material. The extensive bibliographical section is annotated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Representing the Good Neighbor
In Representing the Good Neighbor, Carol A. Hess investigates the reception of Latin American art music in the US during the Pan American movement of the 1930s and 40s. Hess uncovers how and why attitudes towards Latin American music shifted so dramatically during the middle of the twentieth century, and what this tells us about the ways in which the history of American music has been written.
A Revolution in Movement
"This book illuminates how collaborations between dancers and painters shaped Mexico's postrevolutionary cultural identity, tracing this relationship throughout nearly half a century of developments in Mexican dance from the 1920s to the 1960s"--
