A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire: An Annotated Catalog of Twentieth-century Art Songs for Voice and Piano

Stela M. Brandão

Indiana University Press, 2010 - Music - 343 pages

A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources. Singers and teachers may use descriptive annotations (language, poet) or pedagogical annotations (range, tessitura) to determine which pieces are appropriate for their voices or programming needs, or those of their students. The guide will be a valuable resource for vocalists and researchers, however familiar they may be with this glorious repertoire.

Contents

• 1 Argentina: 1
• 2 Bolivia: 56
• 3 Brazil: 59
• 4 Chile: 128
• 5 Colombia: 134
• 6 Costa Rica: 140
• 7 Cuba: 148
• 8 Dominican Republic: 155
• 9 Ecuador: 157
• 10 El Salvador: 159
• 11 Guatemala: 162
• 12 Haiti: 166
• 13 Honduras: 174
• 14 Jamaica: 175
• 15 Mexico: 177
• 16 Nicaragua: 188
• 17 Panama: 190
• 18 Paraguay: 192
• 19 Peru: 194
• 20 Puerto Rico: 198
• 21 Uruguay: 202
• 22 Venezuela: 207
• List of Countries and Regions in Latin America: 213
• Statistics by Geographic Region: 214
• List of Publishers: 224
• List of Suggested Repertoire: 235
• Notes: 239
• Bibliography: 253
• List of Contributors: 267
• Index of General Subjects and Song Composers: 269
• Index of Poets and Text Sources: 275
• Index of Song and Song Cycle Titles: 290
• Index of Tessituras and Voice Types: 340

About the author

Maya Hoover is Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Latin American Art Song Alliance. Her publications have appeared in Classical Singer, The Mentoring Connection, and the Philosophy of Music Education Review.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire: An Annotated Catalog of Twentieth-century Art Songs for Voice and Piano; Indiana repertoire guides
• Author: Stela M. Brandão
• Editors: Maya Hoover, Maya Frieman Hoover
• Contributor: Stela M. Brandão
• Edition: annotated
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0253221382, 9780253221384
• Length: 343 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / International; Music / Instruction & Study / Voice; Music / Reference