John Bimbiras
Biographic Data
| ID | 212403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Bimbiras |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Bimbiras |
| SIGNATURE | BIMBIRAS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Aaron Copland in Latin America
Reimagining Latin Music in New York City
This article presents the first study of the life and works of a little-known but brilliant Dominican musician who worked in New York City in the mid-twentieth century. Pulling from archival materials held in the repository of the CUNY Dominican Studies Archives, the article offers an alternative to the conventional canon of Latin music in New York, which focuses on Cuban genres played primarily by Puerto Ricans, demonstrating the centrality of D…
Jason Borge, Tropical Riffs
Jazz is considered by many to be the quintessential form of American music. Some may even go as far as to call it "America's classical music." 1 However, the black and white binary that pervades race relations in the United States has obscured the role of Latin American interpreters of jazz within its nationalist rhetoric. Ken Burns' Jazz, the tenpart PBS documentary series released in 2001, was a major cultural turning point in the United States…
Ethnomusicology and Higher Education
Many authors in recent years note threats to humanistic studies within higher education. They express concern about the overproduction of PhD graduates, the increasing costs of higher education, and other topics. Ethnomusicologists are undoubtedly aware of such issues, yet as a society SEM has not engaged with related publications, nor has it collected much data on specific challenges to our own field. This essay synthesizes literature on trends …
Ethnomusicology and Higher Education
Many authors in recent years note threats to humanistic studies within higher education. They express concern about the overproduction of PhD graduates, the increasing costs of higher education, and other topics. Ethnomusicologists are undoubtedly aware of such issues, yet as a society SEM has not engaged with related publications, nor has it collected much data on specific challenges to our own field. This essay synthesizes literature on trends …
Jason Borge, Tropical Riffs
Jazz is considered by many to be the quintessential form of American music. Some may even go as far as to call it "America's classical music." 1 However, the black and white binary that pervades race relations in the United States has obscured the role of Latin American interpreters of jazz within its nationalist rhetoric. Ken Burns' Jazz, the tenpart PBS documentary series released in 2001, was a major cultural turning point in the United States…
Ethnomusicology and Higher Education
Many authors in recent years note threats to humanistic studies within higher education. They express concern about the overproduction of PhD graduates, the increasing costs of higher education, and other topics. Ethnomusicologists are undoubtedly aware of such issues, yet as a society SEM has not engaged with related publications, nor has it collected much data on specific challenges to our own field. This essay synthesizes literature on trends …
Reimagining Latin Music in New York City
This article presents the first study of the life and works of a little-known but brilliant Dominican musician who worked in New York City in the mid-twentieth century. Pulling from archival materials held in the repository of the CUNY Dominican Studies Archives, the article offers an alternative to the conventional canon of Latin music in New York, which focuses on Cuban genres played primarily by Puerto Ricans, demonstrating the centrality of D…
Aaron Copland in Latin America
Art (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Latin Americans (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Music History and Culture (3 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Performance art (2 works)