Research Catalog

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Description

1. xvi, 249 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León's achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León's words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist's journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León's Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American classical music"--

Series statement

1. Music in American life

Uniform title

1. Music in American life.

Subject

1. León, Tania
2. African American women composers -- Biography
3. African American women composers -- Criticism and interpretation
4. African American women musicians -- Biography
5. Women conductors (Music) -- Biography
6. Composers -- United States -- Biography
7. Cuban Americans -- Biography
8. Music -- United States -- History and criticism
9. Composers
10. United States

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.

Contents

1. Introduction : Notes on a biographical counterpoint -- Tonic : The house on Salud Street -- Modulation and displacement : Cubana de adentro, cubana de afuera -- Syncopation and color : Adapting to new life rhythms -- Direction : Leading in music, leading in life -- Voice : Style and idea in the music of Tania León -- Canon : Representation, identity, and legacy -- Epilogue : Tania Léon's stride : An echo that reaches our ears.

Call number

1. Sc E 22-719

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and index.

Author

1. Madrid, Alejandro L., author.

Title

1. Tania León's Stride : a polyrhythmic life / Alejandro L. Madrid.

Publisher

1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Copyright date

1. ©2021

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Music in American life
2. Music in American life.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and index.

Other form:

1. Online version: Madrid, Alejandro L. Tania León's Stride. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021] 9780252052873 (DLC) 2021028012 (OCoLC)1257314089

LCCN

1. 2021028011

ISBN

1. 9780252043949 (hardcover)
2. 0252043944 (hardcover)
3. 9780252086014 (paperback)
4. 0252086015 (paperback)
5. 9780252052873 (electronic book)

Research call number

1. Sc E 22-719