Agustín Lara : a cultural biography
Wood, Andrew GrantAuthor
Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. This book's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. This book's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America.
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Sell your love dearly -- Music and Mexican modernity -- From bordello pianist to tropical troubadour : 1897-1930 -- Musical revue, radio and film : 1931-34 -- Palm trees and pirate nights : 1935-41 -- Tales of beauty and the bohemian : 1942-47 -- Postwar cabareteras and boleros : 1948-53 -- To Spain and Veracruz : 1954-70.
Lara, Agustín, 1897-1970.
Composers