Leonardo Balada: A Transatlantic Gaze - Brossura

De Dios, Juan Francisco

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ISBN 10: 0887486630 ISBN 13: 9780887486630

Casa editrice: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr, 2020

Riassunto

Leonardo Balada: A Transatlantic Gaze tells the story of how composer Leonardo Balada journeyed from a childhood and youth overshadowed by the violence of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath of &;the years of hunger&; to a new life as a budding composer in New York. Through meticulous historical research and hours of interviews conducted with Balada over six years, biographer Juan Francisco de Dios has produced a unique portrait of the making of an artist. His imaginative eye for detail recreates a sequence of fascinating episodes in social history. We meet adolescent Balada at school, the only boy in a class of girls, view his suffering as a military conscript in the mountains, witness behind-the-scenes conflicts and rivalries in the production of his opera in Barcelona, and get a glimpse of a more settled life when he became an educator of musicians-to-be at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout, Francisco de Dios delivers riveting description of Balada&;s music and development as a composer. This biography is an essential contribution to the understanding of a musician who spans continents and the contemporary history and culture of Spain and the United States.
 

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Informazioni sull?autore

Juan Francisco de Dios, born in Madrid, is a musicologist who teaches at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0887486630
• ISBN 13: 9780887486630
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 325
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile