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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459262203321

Autore

Hoover Maya

Titolo

Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire [[electronic resource] ] : An Annotated Catalog of Twentieth-Century Art Songs for Voice and Piano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-53980-9

9786612539800

0-253-00396-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Indiana Repertoire Guides

Disciplina

016.78242168098

Soggetti

Songs - Latin America - 20th century

Songs - 20th century - Latin America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Argentina""; ""2 Bolivia""; ""3 Brazil""; ""4 Chile""; ""5 Colombia""; ""6 Costa Rica""; ""7 Cuba""; ""8 Dominican Republic""; ""9 Ecuador""; ""10 El Salvador""; ""11 Guatemala""; ""12 Haiti""; ""13 Honduras""; ""14 Jamaica""; ""15 Mexico""; ""16 Nicaragua""; ""17 Panama ""; ""18 Paraguay""; ""19 Peru""; ""20 Puerto Rico""; ""21 Uruguay""; ""22 Venezuela""; ""Appendix A: List of Countries and Regions in Latin America""; ""Appendix B: Statistics by Geographic Region""; ""Appendix C: List of Publishers""

""Appendix D: List of Suggested Repertoire""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index of General Subjects and Song Composers""; ""Index of Poets and Text Sources""; ""Index of Song and Song Cycle Titles""; ""Index of Tessituras and Voice Types""

Sommario/riassunto

A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory



essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources