Description
| Summary: | "Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). Widely known as "el flaco de oro" ("the Golden Skinny"), this remarkably thin fellow was prolific across the genres of bolero, ballad, and folk. His most beloved "Granada", a song so enduring that it has been covered by the likes of Mario Lanza, Frank Sinatra, and Placido Domingo, is today a standard in the vocal repertory. However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. This book's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America. The book also delves into Lara's music itself, bringing to light how the composer's work unites a number of important currents in Latin music of his day, particularly the bolero."--Provided by publisher.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 295 pages) : illustrations |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281), filmography (pages 285-290) , and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780199345496
019934549X
9780199892464
0199892466 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from title details page (Oxford Scholarship online, viewed April 22, 2020). |
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