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2009
AN ANALYSIS AND OVERVIEW OF SELECTED ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS MIGUEL SOTO Department of Music Approved: ... ANALYSIS AND OVERIVEW OF SELECTED ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS by MIGUEL SOTO THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School ...
The following chapters present an overview of the compositions I wrote as part of my graduate studies toward the Master of Music degree. They are presented chronologically in the order they were composed. Each piece was written to achieve goals and meet challenges that I took into consideration during the compositional process.
Diagonal: An Ibero-American Music Review Diagonal: An Ibero-American Music Review , 2018
Plainsong and Medieval Music , 2015
José López-Calo, La música en las catedrales españoles, Música Hispana, Textos: Estudios 17. Madrid: ICCMU, 2012. xii + 214 pp. €45. ISBN 978 84 89457 48 5.
Latin American Music Review, Volume 43, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2022, pp. 230-232 (Article), 2023
Latin American Music Review, 2008
Mi disertación del 2005, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Primera parte, obra orquestal "La Cosecha: basada en el zodiaco maya. Segunda parta, la estructura del polirritmo en los géneros tradicionales de Puerto Rico.
2010
Résumé Cette thèse se veut une étude historique et une mise en contexte de l’œuvre de José Antonio Gómez y Olguín (1805-1876), compositeur du début de l’indépendance du Mexique. Elle comprend l’analyse de son manuscrit musical, Ynvitatorio, Himno y 8 Responsorios. Ce manuscrit de plus de 500 folios, découvert en 2005 à l’Archivo Histórico Diocesano de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, et apporté en 1854 au diocèse de Chiapas à partir de Mexico par l’évêque Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1813-1879), demeure la seule copie existante de cette œuvre monumentale pour chœur et orchestre. Œuvrant à une époque tumultueuse sur la scène politique, Gómez a été un musicien reconnu dans son pays. Dans le domaine liturgique, il occupa les postes d’organiste, de compositeur et de chef pour la Cathédrale de Mexico, alors que dans le monde laïc, il fut un musicien polyvalent, comme compositeur, professeur et éditeur de musique. En outre, cette thèse retrace de manière critique l’historiographie musicale mexicaine qui, jusqu’à présent, avait écarté l’œuvre de Gómez, sinon traité comme un compositeur mineur, une sorte de sous-produit de la tradition opératique italienne. Au contraire, nous considérons que ses compositions, dont notamment l’Ynvitatorio, représentent un jalon incontournable d’une période négligée de l’histoire de la musique mexicaine, durant laquelle les différends entre l’Église et l’État ont agi directement sur la vie culturelle du Mexique. Mots clés 19ème Siècle, Le Mexique Indépendant, Église, Musique, Opéra, Chiapas. Abstract This dissertation is a historical and contextual study of José Antonio Gómez y Olguín (1805-1876), a composer of Mexico’s Independent period, and an analysis of his music manuscript, Ynvitatorio, Himno y 8 Responsorios. Gómez’s Ynvitatorio, of over 500 folios, discovered in 2005 at the Archivo Histórico Diocesano of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, is the only extant copy of this monumental work for choir and orchestra brought in 1854 to the diocese of Chiapas from Mexico City by the Bishop Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1813-1879). Gómez, a renowned musician in his own time, a period of political turmoil, worked as an organist, composer and conductor for the Mexico City Cathedral and as a polyvalent musician, teacher, and publisher in the secular world of Mexico City. This dissertation reconsiders the Mexican historiography studies to date which have dismissed the works of Gómez as merely derivative of the Italian operatic tradition. Rather, his compositions, in particular the Ynvitatorio, are considered as complex testimonials to this neglected period of Mexican music history, a time in which tensions between the Church and the State acted directly upon the cultural life in Mexico. Keywords Nineteenth Century, Independent Mexico, Church, Music, Opera, Chiapas.
2013
This article discusses the direction taken by some Latin American composers in light of the new tendencies aimed to challenge paradigms of traditional Western classical music during the 20 th century. Latin American composers were influenced by these tendencies to a greater or lesser degree depending on the place and time they lived. They worked with different styles and techniques while attempting to maintain a dialogue with the production of other contemporary artists without losing their identity. Some of these practices are shown in this paper. The examples were taken from a set of 54 pieces for piano recorded by Beatriz Balzi, an Argentinian-Brazilian pianist, contained in her album entitled Compositores Latino-americanos [Latin American Composers]. Exemplifying 13 Latin American countries, this repertoire was analyzed by the authors in order to define the most common practices adopted and/or created by the composers chosen by Balzi. These practices were then catalogued into six topics and organized in chronological order of events and styles to which they relate. To describe the main tendencies mentioned in this paper the authors adopted Stefan Kostka's Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Music for his clear, objective writing. This work helped to contextualize Balzi's repertoire, comparing the Latin American compositional process to some of the most respected musicians of the Western world.
2013
This article discusses the direction taken by some Latin American composers in light of the new tendencies aimed to challenge paradigms of traditional Western classical music during the 20 th century. Latin American composers were influenced by these tendencies to a greater or lesser degree depending on the place and time they lived. They worked with different styles and techniques while attempting to maintain a dialogue with the production of other contemporary artists without losing their identity. Some of these practices are shown in this paper. The examples were taken from a set of 54 pieces for piano recorded by Beatriz Balzi, an Argentinian-Brazilian pianist, contained in her album entitled Compositores Latino-americanos [Latin American Composers]. Exemplifying 13 Latin American countries, this repertoire was analyzed by the authors in order to define the most common practices adopted and/or created by the composers chosen by Balzi. These practices were then catalogued into si...
The musical trajectory of Juarez Moreira (Atena Editora), 2024
This work presents an interview with Juarez Moreira accompanied by several musical illustrations in which he talks about his influences, career and composition process.
2010
Historical context and music analysis of a manuscript présentée par : John G. Lazos a été évaluée par un jury composé des personnes suivantes : Sylvain Caron, directeur de recherche Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre, membre du jury Marie-Alexis Colin, membre du jury Paul-André Dubois, examinateur externe IV Résumé Cette thèse se veut une étude historique et une mise en contexte de l'oeuvre de José Antonio Gómez y Olguín (1805-1876), compositeur du début de l'indépendance du Mexique. Elle comprend l'analyse de son manuscrit musical, Ynvitatorio, Himno y 8 Responsorios. Ce manuscrit de plus de 500 folios, découvert en 2005 à l'Archivo Histórico Diocesano de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, et apporté en 1854 au diocèse de Chiapas à partir de Mexico par l'évêque Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1813-1879), demeure la seule copie existante de cette oeuvre monumentale pour choeur et orchestre. OEuvrant à une époque tumultueuse sur la scène politique, Gómez a été un musicien reconnu dans son pays. Dans le domaine liturgique, il occupa les postes d'organiste, de compositeur et de chef pour la Cathédrale de Mexico, alors que dans le monde laïc, il fut un musicien polyvalent, comme compositeur, professeur et éditeur de musique. En outre, cette thèse retrace de manière critique l'historiographie musicale mexicaine qui, jusqu'à présent, avait écarté l'oeuvre de Gómez, sinon traité comme un compositeur mineur, une sorte de sous-produit de la tradition opératique italienne. Au contraire, nous considérons que ses compositions, dont notamment l'Ynvitatorio, représentent un jalon incontournable d'une période négligée de l'histoire de la musique mexicaine, durant laquelle les différends entre l'Église et l'État ont agi directement sur la vie culturelle du Mexique.
2021
Mexico has served as a fertile ground for many forms of culture, from the pre-Hispanic era to the Colony and as an independent and modern country. This paper explores the style of Mexican composer Ernesto Elorduy (1853-1913) with social and pedagogical perspectives.
MUSICAL RHETORIC IN THREE OF THE 10 PRELUDES FOR PIANO BY CARLOS CHÁVEZ (Atena Editora), 2023
En este documento se revisa de manera somera la retórica musical y teoría de los afectos, se encuentran vínculos de esta teoría determinando un tipo de temperamento en los primeros tres preludios de la obra 10 preludios para piano del compositor Carlos Chávez, lo cual, pueda servir al intérprete pianista que aborde esta serie de piezas.
Esta comunicación tiene como finalidad el estudio de la recepción de Goyescas (suite para piano, 1909-1911) de Enrique Granados a través de las críticas y ensayos de Joaquín Nin. «Goya, su genio y su producción [para Granados], sintetizan nuestra raza, y sus Goyescas se inspiran en aquélla gloriosa imagen y en su atmósfera» (Nin, 1914:15). Las fuentes empleadas en este estudio son –además de las partituras– los textos escritos por Nin desde París para la Revista Musical Hispano-Americana y la Revista Musical Catalana, entre otra documentación secundaria consistente en reseñas aparecidas en prensa sobre los estrenos y críticas de otros autores respecto a la misma obra. Para el objetivo explicado, adopto una metodología que se rige por los siguientes criterios: 1) examinar los escritos de Nin, cotejándolos con los de sus contemporáneos; 2) estudio analítico de la obra y 3) contraste de lo anterior con los estudios musicológicos más recientes (Hess, 1991; Clark, 2006, 2010; Perandones, 2009, 2011) para dimensionar el juicio de Nin sobre Granados. Palabras clave: Enrique Granados, Joaquín Nin, Goyescas, París, siglo XX, Goya.
Latin American Music Review, 2012
Art Song has been one of Latin American composers' favorites since the middle of the 19th century; however, it is a genre, which has been studied very little up to now. This fact is a result of multiple factors, the main one being that musical education in the western countries continues to be anchored in the Euro-centered repertoire, mainly the French, German and Italian music. The situation is even more dramatic today when at the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, our conservatories and universities in Europe and America continue immersed in this stagnant model. Another very important factor is the difficulty to access the scores, many times because they have not been published in their country of origin, or, if they were, their print run was so small that they did not have a wide international distribution. Published at Latin American Music Review Volume 33, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2012 pp. 144-147 | 10.1353/lat.2012.0007
REVIEW of five CDs: (1) Armoniosi Concerti: 'Valderrábano: Silva de Sirenas' (Harmonia Mundi, 2005); (2) Al Ayre Español: 'La cantada española en América' (Harmonia Mundi, 2005); (3) Chariviari Agréable: 'Esperar, sentir, morir' (Signum, 2004); (4) La Grande Chapelle: 'Entre aventuras y encantamientos: música para don Quijote' (Laida, 2004); (5) United Continuo Ensemble: 'Fiesta española' (Raumklang, 2003). || Review published in: Early Music 35/1 (Feb. 2007), pp. 141-144 [see also: EM 36/2 (May 2008), p. 351]
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