The inevitable bandstand
Subtitle: the state band of Oaxaca and the politics of sound
By: Charles V. Heath
Series: The Mexican experience; Mexican experience
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780803284197; 9780803269675
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Bands (Music); Music; Banda del Estado de Oaxaca; Music and state; History
Description: "An examination of the histories of Mexico and Oaxaca and the creation of the identity of the modern political state through the Banda de Música del Estado de Oaxaca (Music Band of the State of Oaxaca; BME)"
Notes: "Glossary of song and dance forms": page 195.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Closing the colonial past; title: Nineteenth-century invasions and influences; title: Inception, institutionalization, and venue; title: The BME during the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution; title: Mestizaje, musical pedagogy, and the socialist state; title: Municipal control to Innes's reign; title: From political proselytizer to economic engine; title: Conclusion. Gauging the political tool; title: Appendix 1. BME directors; title: Appendix 2. Oaxaca military and National Guard units, 1846 and 1848; title: Appendix 3. BME dependencies; title: Appendix 4. Extraordinary performances, 1966 (partial).