An Approach to Compositional Trends in Latin America

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ID8071445
AuthorsCoriun Aharonian (Casilla de correo 1328, U-11000, Montevideo, Uruguay, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume10
Pages3-5
Publication date2000-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo Music Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-1215 • E-ISSN: 1531-4812
PublisherThe MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/096112100570530
OpenAlexW2060208229
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Any attempt to theorize about Latin American composition will necessarily involve a prejudgment of which composers to consider. In addition the context of a colonial system of cultural transmission should not be ignored. This context makes it important to evaluate a composer's significance in terms of his or her distinctiveness in the light of metropolitan composers and compositions. A number of characteristic trends can be seen in the works of composers who meet these criteria, including a distinctive sense of time; use of nondiscursive, reiterative processes; austerity; violence; the breach of technological and cultural boundaries; and an interest in cultural identity

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Artifact (error · Austerity · Colonialism · Composition (language · Context (archaeology · Identity (music · Latin Americans · Literature · Metropolitan area · Optimal distinctiveness theory · Political science · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Psychology · History · Law

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