Introduction to Mexican Music for Solo Cello (1962-2014) from a Performer's Perspective

Download or read book Introduction to Mexican Music for Solo Cello (1962-2014) from a Performer's Perspective written by Dobrochna Joanna Zubek and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines fifty-two Mexican solo cello works (and also three works written for two cellos, one written for cello and actor, and one written for cello and tape), all of which were acquired over a four-year course of research. All of these works were composed in the modern or avant-garde style between 1962 and 2014 and represent a lesser-known area of Mexican music. During the period from 2013 through 2014, eleven works were given to the author by Carlos Prieto, thirty-five works were obtained directly from composers, and five works came from library consultations during research trips to Mexico: at the National Library in Mexico City, at the National Center for Investigation and Documentation of Music in Mexico (CENEDIM), and at the National Center for the Arts in Mexico (CENART). Introduction to Mexican Music for Solo Cello (1962-2012) from a Performer's Perspective documents an interdisciplinary approach to research: interactions and interviews with living Mexican composers, analysis and thoughts on interpretation of works by those composers, compilation of a list of works for solo cello written between 1962 and 2014 based on Adventure of a Cello by Carlos Prieto, Influence of Carlos Prieto on Contemporary Cello Repertoire by A.S. Saucedo Estrada, and the author's research. The paper focuses on the vital contribution of cellist Carlos Prieto to the growth and proliferation of contemporary Mexican cello music. The paper includes documented interviews by the author with prominent composers and artists in Mexico including Carlos Prieto, Manuel de Elias, Ana Lara, Max Lifchitz, Samuel Máynez, Lucia Álvarez, Radko Tichavský, and Iracema de Andrade. This research is the first of its kind to document Mexican works for solo cello and to provide background analysis of these works from a performer's perspective. All of the pieces covered in this project have yet to make a significant impact on the wider world or on professional cellists outside of Mexico.