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Alejandro Garcia Caturla
Charles W. White
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Description for Alejandro Garcia Caturla
Mixed media pr. CD included Num Pages: 304 pages, maps, photographs, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940) was a prominent figure in the development of Cuban national music in the first half of the 20th century. His short, colorful life was tragically cut short by an assassin's bullet in his hometown of Remedios. His highly personal musical style combined traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and dance forms with influences from European and North American modernism absorbed after Caturla had studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. A close friend of writers and musicians such as Alejo Carpentier and Henry Cowell, Caturla combined a career as musician and composer with that of a municipal judge. This ... Read more
Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940) was a prominent figure in the development of Cuban national music in the first half of the 20th century. His short, colorful life was tragically cut short by an assassin's bullet in his hometown of Remedios. His highly personal musical style combined traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and dance forms with influences from European and North American modernism absorbed after Caturla had studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. A close friend of writers and musicians such as Alejo Carpentier and Henry Cowell, Caturla combined a career as musician and composer with that of a municipal judge. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810843813
SKU
V9780810843813
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About Charles W. White
Charles W. White is Director of the Music Division and Associate Professor of Music, La Salle University, Philadelphia.
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