In Search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13

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ID8121289
AuthorsAlejandro L Madrid (0000-0003-1738-8518, corresponding author), Alejandro Madrid (0000-0001-8977-7032)
Year2015
Pages332
Publication date2015-09-22
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueIn search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190215781.001.0001
OpenAlexW3021105523
Open LibraryOL26373209M
ISBN9780190215781
LanguageES
Citations received7

In the 1920s, Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875–1965) developed a microtonal system he metaphorically called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality within the Western art music tradition allowed him to achieve a cult figure status among European avant-garde circles in the 1960s and 1970s, his music and legacy have remained largely ignored by scholars and music critics. Most of what is known today about him or his ideas comes directly from Carrillo's own propagandistic writings or the vitriolic or petty disparagement from his critics. This book takes a critical stance against both of these representations and explores the composer's ideas not only in relation to the historical moments of their inception but also in relation to the various cultural projects that kept them alive and resignified them through the beginning of the twenty-first century. It emphasizes a dialogue between Sonido 13 as the expression of an imaginary future for Carrillo and his followers and Sonido 13 as an imaginary past for artists and musicians to validate a variety of alternative cultural projects throughout the twentieth century. It argues that by establishing a critical conversation between the composer's rhetoric, an analysis of his music scores, a serious assessment of how and why the Mexican musical mainstream has neglected his ideas, and the use of these ideas by contemporary alternative cultural projects, one can better appreciate the profound cultural meaning of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13

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