Ebook: Carlos Chávez and his world

Carlos Chavez and His World brings together an international roster of leading scholars to delve into not only Chavezs music but also the history, art, and politics surrounding his life and work.;Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions and credits -- Part I. Chávez's musical world: Chávez, modern music, and the New York scene / Christina Taylor Gibson; The Pan/American modernisms of Carlos Chávez and Henry Cowell / Stephanie N. Stallings; "The heartbeat of an intense life": Mexican music and Orquesta Sinfónica de México, 1928-1948 / Ricardo Miranda; Carlos Chávez's symphonies / Julián Orbón translated, introduced, and annotated by Leonora Saavedra; Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas: retracing an ignored dialogue / Roberto Kolb-Neuhaus; Aaron Copland, Carlos Chávez, and Silvestre Revueltas / Howard Pollack -- Part II. Biographical and analytical perspectives: Chávez and the autonomy of the musical work: the piano music / Luisa Vilar-Payá; Carlos Chávez and the myth of the Aztec renaissance / Leonora Saavedra; Non-repetition and personal style in the inventions and solis / Amy Bauer; Music and the marketplace: on the backstory of Carlos Chávez's Violin concerto / David Brodbeck.