Agustín Lara : a cultural biography

• Autore: Wood Andrew Grant
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 295 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 780.92
• Soggetto topico: Composers - Mexico
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Sell your love dearly -- Music and Mexican modernity -- From bordello pianist to tropical troubadour : 1897-1930 -- Musical revue, radio and film : 1931-34 -- Palm trees and pirate nights : 1935-41 -- Tales of beauty and the bohemian : 1942-47 -- Postwar cabareteras and boleros : 1948-53 -- To Spain and Veracruz : 1954-70.
• Sommario/riassunto: Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. This book's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agustín Lara : a cultural biography
• ISBN: 0-19-997674-0; 0-19-934549-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154326003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.