- Paperback: 274 pages
- Publisher: University Press of America (December 18, 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0761821732
- ISBN-13: 978-0761821731
Virtuoso Mariachi presents a unique
insight into the history and development of Mexico's traditional music,
including how its history has affected performance practice, an in-depth
discussion of mariachi trumpet style and technique, a survey of song
types common in mariachi music today, critical examination of current
trends in mariachi and the performers who set them, and the author's
thoughts on the future of mariachi music. This unique, intelligently
written and long awaited work is extremely important to the world of
mariachi and will serve to elevate the status of this beautiful and
passionate music in the eyes of the general public, Classical-Music
musicians and enthusiasts, students everywhere who are studying
mariachi, and indeed the thousands of mariachi musicians around the
globe themselves, who have seen their music greatly ignored by the
academic community up until now.
Included with each book is a coupon for a free, full-length CD of the author's Mariachi Champaña Nevín performing traditional
mariachi music. This recording was made with great care and the intention of illustrating many of the issues discussed in Virtuoso Mariachi.
Included with each book is a coupon for a free, full-length CD of the author's Mariachi Champaña Nevín performing traditional
mariachi music. This recording was made with great care and the intention of illustrating many of the issues discussed in Virtuoso Mariachi.
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