MODERNISM IN LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC: FOLKLORE, TRADITION, AND NATIONALISMg. Bartok. .g. landmark musical idiom. Russian five. German-French dances. Uniformity in music crafting. Craft of an original. Romanticism: Awareness of the idiosyncratic features/national music idiom e.NATIONALISM IN WESTERN MUSIC Homogeneous understanding of styles: e. Percussion and wind instruments. and Inca. Very few known regarding pre-Columbian music practice/craft. Mayan. monody. Pentatonic collections. Religious rituals – banned by the catholic church. monotonous rhythms. .pre-Columbian traditions Three main civilizations: Aztec. Colonialism Music of the colonies was mainly European. Mutual influence and adaptation between Spanish. . Reinterpretation of their musical traditions. Natives and African cultures. . and its resultant offspring.Mestizaje and Syncretism •“De espanol y de India.” – Miguel Cabrera (1763) •Graphic representation of the racial mixture. •Majority of the population by the independence. Mestiza. characteristic of Latin American music. Aesthetical blend: creation of new genres. . ensembles.” – Brill.Colonialism Integration of the African culture to the “ethnic mixing” = Rhythmic element. adaptation of new instruments. The roots of modern Latin American music. “…complementing the technical and aesthetic elements of each into novel and wholly original syncretic styles. Completion of the process. (forms remained the same). Strive for identity. Adaptation of indigenous elements to express their culture (The resultant of Mestizaje).Latin American Nationalism Independence from the Spanish rule. Result = Latin American nationalist sentiment . Awareness of the social reality. Latin American Nationalism Carlos Chavez Alberto Ginastera Heitor VillaLobos . extensive use of Aztec instruments in combination with the standard instruments. and melodic material (mainly pentatonic).” – King. neo-African polyrhythmic structures “elegiac and melancholic tones.Carlos Chavez Sinfonia India very simple in texture. harmony. straightforward idiom. energetic up-beat accented percussion. Brill . Parallel – Stravinsky. Chavez . Parallel – Stravinsky. Chavez . Conclusion Civilizations developed enough to create a sense of culture in the pre-Columbian American continent. Nationalism in the field of music. Colonial period served as the canvas for the creation of a hybrid culture. revival of traditional music. . Such culture strived for identity after the independence. 2011. Guadalajara. 1945. Marion. Boston. Brill.Putnam’s Sons.P. sociedades y relaciones de poder en América Latina. 2000. Músicas. Borras. MA: Prentice Hall. México: Universidad de Guadalajara. New York: G. Gilbert. Twentieth Century Music. Gérard. [Washington]: Library of Congress.Bibliography Bauer. Music of Latin America and the Caribbean. 1947. Music Div. . Mark. Chase. A Guide to Latin American Music. Jalisco. Los Angeles. 1975. John. 1950. New York: G. Cambridge. United Kingdom: University Press. Loza.2 (Sinfonia India). Schimer. Carlos. Euba. Symphony No. of Ethnomusicology and Systematic Musicology. Los Angeles: Dept. King. Steven Joseph. Forster. United States: University of Illinois Press.Bibliography Chavez. May 28-30. . “Intercultural Music in Africa and Latin America: A Comparative View of Fela Sowande and Carlos Chávez. University of California. Tradition and Renewal: Essays on TwentiethCentury Latin American Literature and Culture. past and present: proceedings of an international conference. Musical cultures of Latin America: global effects. and Jack Bishop.” Musical Cultures of Latin America (2003): 309-320. 2003. 2004. 1999. University of California. score. Akin. Merlin H. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture. . 2013). ca. Emilio.handle.” Artes . http://hdl. http://www.com (accessed November 02.oxfordmusiconline. N9. 2013). 2 (1935). Igor. http://imslp.Vol 5 (January-June 2005). Andres.musicsalesclassical." (by Robert Parker).org. The Rite of spring. IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) y sus Escritos Sobre Música en Latinoamérica: Reivindicación de un ‘Fishing Trip’. http://www. G Schirmer Inc. s. "Carlos Chávez. “La Proyeccion de la Nueva Musica en America Latina: Globalizacion y Periferia. The Music Sales Group. Posada. Sinfonia India op.La Revista.1980. Kiev: Musytschna Ukrania.com/composer/work/26826 (Accessed October 27.net/10261/57955Search (Accessed September 10. 2013).Bibliography Grove Music Online.” Universidad de Granada (2007). Complete Score.v. Ros-Fábregas. Stravinsky.