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Author:   Leonora Saavedra
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   38
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780691169477

ISBN 10:   0691169470
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   25 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"Preface ix Acknowledgments xvii Permissions and Credits xviii PART 1 CHAVEZ'S MUSICAL WORLD Chavez, Modern Music, and the New York Scene 2 CHRISTINA TAYLOR GIBSON The Pan/American Modernisms of Carlos Chavez and Henry Cowell 28 STEPHANIE N. STALLINGS ""The heartbeat of an intense life"": Mexican Music and Carlos Chavez's Orquesta Sinfonica de Mexico, 1928-1948 46 RICARDO MIRANDA Carlos Chavez's Symphonies 62 JULIAN ORBON, TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY LEONORA SAAVEDRA Carlos Chavez and Silvestre Revueltas: Retracing an Ignored Dialogue 76 ROBERTO KOLB-NEUHAUS Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez, and Silvestre Revueltas 99 HOWARD POLLACK PART II BIOGRAPHICAL AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES Chavez and the Autonomy of the Musical Work: The Piano Music 112 LUISA VILAR-PAYA Carlos Chavez and the Myth of the Aztec Renaissance 134 LEONORA SAAVEDRA Non-Repetition and Personal Style in the Inventions and Solis 165 AMY BAUER Music and the Marketplace: On the Backstory of Carlos Chavez's Violin Concerto178 DAVID BRODBECK PART III CHAVEZ'S GREATER WORLD Carlos Chavez and the Mexican ""Vogue,"" 1925-1940 204 HELEN DELPAR Carlos Chavez and Paul Strand 220 JAMES KRIPPNER Masters Carlos Chavez and Miguel Covarrubias: A Puppet Show 237 ANTONIO SABORIT, TRANSLATED BY REBECCA LEVI The Literary Affinities and Poetic Friendships of Carlos Chavez 255 SUSANA GONZALEZ AKTORIES, TRANSLATED BY REBECCA LEVI The Composer as Intellectual: Carlos Chavez and El Colegio Nacional 273 ANA R. ALONSO-MINUTTI Portraits of Carlos Chavez: Testimonies of Collaboration 295 ANNA INDYCH-LOPEZ The Modernist Invention of Mexico: Carlos Chavez, the Mexican Revolution, and the Cultural Politics of Music 306 LEON BOTSTEIN Index 339 Notes on the Contributors 357"

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An insightful volume. --William Robin, The New York Times

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Leonora Saavedra is associate professor of music at the University of California, Riverside.

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