Percussion Music of Puerto Rican Composer William Ortiz

Name: Percussion Music of Puerto Rican Composer William Ortiz
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ISBN: 9783639172690

ISBN-10: 3639172698

ISBN-13: 9783639172690

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ricardo Coelho De Souza

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The purpose of this document is to introduce the percussion music of William Ortiz to a larger number of performers, educators, and scholars of Latin American music. Puerto Rican composer William Ortiz was raised and educated in the United States, but his Latino identity plays a vital role in his music. Particularly, his experiences as a Nuyorican in the 1970s have informed the aesthetics of his music, which transforms the sounds of the streets into art music. Unique in that respect is the use of what Ortiz calls vocalized graffiti, verbal passages that are integrated in Ortiz instrumental narrative. This document begins by questioning the place of Latin American music and musicians in a…

Book details

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Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K.
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English