{"product_id":"carlos-ch225vez-and-his-world-9780691169484","title":"Carlos Ch225vez and His World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlos Chavez (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, Chavez was an integral part of the emerging music scene in the United States in the 1920s. His highly individual style--diatonic, dissonant, contrapunt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insightful volume.\"--William Robin, The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403824832855,"sku":"9780691169484","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691169484.jpg?v=1730484654","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/carlos-ch225vez-and-his-world-9780691169484","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}