Elite Art Worlds - Philanthropy, Latin Americanism, and Avant-garde Music (Hardcover)

The Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales (CLAEM) in Buenos Aires operated for less than a decade, but by the time of its closure in 1971 it had become the undeniable epicenter of Latin American avant-garde music. Providing the first in-depth study of CLAEM, author Eduardo Herrera tells the story of the fellowship program-funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Di Tella family-that, by allowing the region's promising young composers to study with a roster of acclaimed faculty, produced some of the most prominent figures within the art world, including Rafael Aponte Ledee, Coriun Aharonian, and Blas Emilio Atehortua. Combining oral histories, ethnographic research, and archival sources, Elite Art Worlds explores regional discourses of musical Latin Americanism and the embrace, articulation, and resignification of avant-garde techniques and perspectives during the 1960s. But the story of CLAEM reveals much more: intricate webs of US and Argentine philanthropy, transnational currents of artistic experimentation and innovation, and the role of art in constructing elite identities. By looking at CLAEM as both an artistic and philanthropic project, Herrera illuminates the relationships between foreign policy, corporate interests, and funding for the arts in Latin America and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	CURRENTS IN LATIN AMER AND IBERIAN MUSIC
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Eduardo Herrera (Associate Professor of Musicology)
Dimensions:	243 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-087753-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Music > Non-Western music, traditional & classical Books > Music > Techniques of music > General
LSN:	0-19-087753-7
Barcode:	9780190877538

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