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In Search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13 (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)
Alejandro L. Madrid
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Hardcover. Eschewing traditionally linear historical frameworks, In Search of Julian Carrillo and Sonido 13 employs an innovative transhistorical narrative in which past, present and future are explored dialogically in order to understand the politics of performance and self-representation behind Carrillo and Sonido 13. Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
In the 1920s, the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality within the Western art music tradition elevated Carrillo to iconic status among European avant-garde circles in the 1960s and 1970s, his music and legacy have remained largely overlooked by music scholars, critics, and performers. Confronting this paucity of scholarship on Carrillo and his music, Alejandro L. Madrid goes above and beyond "filling in" the historical record. Combining archival and ethnographic research with musical analysis and cultural ... Read more
In the 1920s, the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality within the Western art music tradition elevated Carrillo to iconic status among European avant-garde circles in the 1960s and 1970s, his music and legacy have remained largely overlooked by music scholars, critics, and performers. Confronting this paucity of scholarship on Carrillo and his music, Alejandro L. Madrid goes above and beyond "filling in" the historical record. Combining archival and ethnographic research with musical analysis and cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190215781
SKU
V9780190215781
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About Alejandro L. Madrid
Alejandro L. Madrid is a music scholar and cultural theorist whose research focuses on the intersection of modernity, tradition, and globalization in music and expressive culture from Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border, and the circum-Caribbean. His books have received the AMS's Robert M. Stevenson and Ruth A. Solie awards, the Béla Bartók award from the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards, IASPM's Woody ... Read more
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