EBOOK Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography - Andrew Grant Wood

EBOOK Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography
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Autor: Andrew Grant Wood

 Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199976744
EAN: 58109DDBEB
Format: 0
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2014
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A Cultural Biography
Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustin Lara (1897-1970). Widely known as "e;el flaco de oro"e; ("e;the Golden Skinny"e;), this remarkably thin fellow was prolific across the genres of bolero, ballad, and folk. His most beloved "e;Granada"e;, a song so enduring that it has been covered by the likes of Mario Lanza, Frank Sinatra, and Placido Domingo, is today a standard in the vocal repertory. However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. In Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography, author Andrew Wood's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a rich and comprehensive reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America. Wood also delves into Lara's music itself, bringing to light how the composer's work unites a number of important currents in Latin music of his day, particularly the bolero. With close musicological focus and in-depth cultural analysis riding alongside the biographical narrative, Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography is a welcome read to aficionados and performers of Latin American musics, as well as a valuable addition to the study of modern Mexican music and Latin American popular culture as a whole.

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