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Matthew B. Karush examines the transnational careers of seven of the most influential Argentine musicians of the twentieth century: Afro-Argentine swing guitarist Oscar Aleman, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri, composer Lalo Schifrin, tango innovator Astor Piazzolla, balada singer Sandro, folksinger Mercedes Sosa, and rock musician Gustavo Santaolalla. As active participants in the globalized music business, these artists interacted with musicians and audiences in the United States, Europe, and Latin America and contended with genre distinctions, marketing conventions, and ethnic stereotypes. By responding creatively to these constraints, they made innovative music that provided Argentines with new ways of understanding their nation's place in the world. Eventually, these musicians produced expressions of Latin identity that reverberated beyond Argentina, including a novel form of pop ballad, an anti-imperialist, revolutionary folk genre, and a style of rock built on a pastiche of Latin American and global genres. A website with links to recordings by each musician accompanies the book.
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Keywords
- Argentina
- Astor Piazzolla
- History
- History / Latin America / South America
- History and criticism
- History of the Americas
- Humanities
- Jazz
- KUnlatched
- Latin
- Latin America
- Music
- Music and globalization
- Music and transnationalism
- Music, history and criticism, 20th century
- Musicians
- Regional & national history
- United States
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DOI: 10.1215/9780822373773Editions
