Paraguayan Harp (eBook)

From Colonial Transplant to National Emblem

Alfredo Colman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
198 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-9820-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses the historical and musical development of the diatonic harp in Paraguay, an analysis of the musical contributions by harp composers and performers, a survey of the various traditional genres associated with the instrument, and a discussion of the popular and academic settings where the instrument has been cultivated.

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How did a music instrument transplated to South America by colonial Jesuit missionaries earn the official designation as Paraguays cultural national symbol? This ethnomusicological and organological study of the Paraguayan diatonic harp in the twentieth century tells its story as an emblematic national musical instrument. First used liturgically by Jesuit missions in colonial times, the transplanted European diatonic harp was transformed and adopted into the folk music vocabulary of Paraguay and the Ro de la Plata region. Following the commercial success of Paraguayan harpist Felix Perez Cardozo in the 1930s in Argentina, the instruments symbolic value as an icon of social, cultural, and national identity was articulated in local traditions such as popular folk music festivals. It received designation of arpa paraguaya (Paraguayan harp) and, in 2010, official recognition as simbolo de la cultura nacional (cultural national symbol). The authors fieldwork in Paraguay and continuous contact with composers, educators, festival organizers, harp performers, researchers, and festival organizers have provided unique insights into the development of the Paraguayan harp tradition as a cultural icon of the nation.

Autor

Alfredo C. Colman is associate professor of musicology and ethnomusicology at Baylor University.

Inhalt

PrefaceChapter One: A Personal NoteChapter Two: A Musical Instrument, A Symbol of IdentityChapter Three: The SettingChapter Four: Harps, Harpists, and LuthiersChapter Five: The Music of the Paraguayan Harp Chapter Six: Traditional Music in the Discourses Surrounding Cultural PerformancesConclusionAppendixBibliographySelected DiscographyWebsites

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.1.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 35 Illustrations including: - 12 Black & White Illustrations; - 23 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenunterrricht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: arpa diatonica • arpa paraguaya • guarania • Jesuit missions • paraguayidad • tekó • tekó
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-9820-3 / 0739198203
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-9820-9 / 9780739198209