A forum for the appreciation of all things related to the classical music of Latin America.
Alfonso Leng, La muerte de Alsino, opening section. The classical music of Latin America unfolded along an entirely different path than that of Europe or the United States. In fact, the sequential development that we learned about in music history class, that is, concerning the distinct periods ending with “ism,” such as classicism or modernism, …
For all intents and purposes, today’s undergraduate music majors in the United States are exposed to little or no information about the classical music of Latin America. For instance, in my copy of the eighth edition of the Burkholder History of Western Music, under the heading, “The Americas,” a grand total of two and a …
Last night saw the conclusion of the Latin American Art Music Festival at the University of Kansas. I gave the keynote speech about the re-imagination of musical Pan-Americanism, and immediately afterward, I conducted KU music students in a performance of four works that our Cayambis Sinfonietta had previously presented on our 2024 concert last fall. …
Yesterday (Sunday), there were several performance events that took place; for instance, one of these was a program of Latin American classical music that was presented by KU music department alumni. You can watch this, as well as all of the other recent performances, on the KU School of Music YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@KUSchoolofMusic You can …
Today, here at the University of Kansas Latin American Art Music Festival, and as part of the “Milton Steinhardt Lectures in Music” series, I gave a talk entitled, “Musicological Disparities: The State of Affairs regarding Latin American Classical Music.” My presentation was centered around the musicological tools, in English, related to the classical music of …
Had a great rehearsal with the KU music students last night! Though they may not know this, they are now the “Kansas version” of the Cayambis Sinfonietta. Together, we’ll be performing four pieces from the Americas: Victor Herbert’s Panamericana, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández’s Batuque, O Garatuja by Alberto Nepomuceno, and Alfonso Leng’s La muerte de Alsino. …
In 1929, opposed to the rise of folkloristic nationalism in Argentinean music (which would later become exemplified in the works of Alberto Ginastera), five composers founded the Grupo Renovación (Renovation Group) in Buenos Aires. Through its concertizing and publishing activities, the group advocated a deep association of that country’s composers with contemporaneous European trends, such …
“Latin American & Spanish Masterpieces for Flute & Piano,” Stephanie Jutt, flute; Elena Abend and Pablo Zinger, piano. Albany Records. Stephanie Jutt is a free-lance flutist who lives in New York. Formerly on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her creative output also includes arrangements that she has published with International Music Company, as …