Of Orchestras, Mythos, and the Idealization of Symphonic Practice

The Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela in the (Collateral) History of El Sistema

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3979812
AutoresLudim Pedroza, Ludim Rebeca Pedroza (autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen36
Número1
Páginas68-93
Fecha de publicación2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLatin American Music Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-0350 • E-ISSN: 1536-0199
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7560/lamr36103
OpenAlexW822673234
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas4

El Sistema defines itself as a “social organism of the Venezuelan State” whose goal is the “collective” instruction of music “through the symphonic orchestra and choir as instruments of social organization and communitarian development.” Historical accounts describe a revolutionary phenomenon whose main achievements since 1975 are the “democratization of music” and the “transformation of society.” These suprahistories understate the pre-1975 musical panorama of the country and the role of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela as a forerunner of El Sistema. Closer scrutiny of these epic histories and the omitted ties to the legacy of the nationalist school indicates that El Sistema’s story relies on the idealization of symphonic practice as “universal” practice and on Abreu’s hyperidealization of the same as “transformative” tool

Aesthetics · Art · Dialectic · Epistemology · Humanities · Idealization · Literature · Nationalism · Political science · Scrutiny · Sociology · Symphony · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Politics and Society in Latin America · Youth Culture and Social Dynamics