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Re-Assessing Nationalism in the Art Songs of Jaime León

Colombian composer Jaime León (1921-2015) is known for his art songs. Most of the current scholarly literature about León defines him as a nationalist composer even though a majority of his songs do not appear to have nationalist traits. This document examines a representative selection of León's songs divided into three categories: songs influenced by the bambuco (the Colombian genre most present in his songs); songs whose text refers to Colombian culture; and songs without Colombian elements present in their text or music. After examination of these songs, my conclusion is that León, rather than being nationalist, was a cosmopolitan composer who used national elements as rhetorical tools in an isolated and experimental way.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1752331
Date12 1900
CreatorsÁvila Martínez, Juan Sebastián
ContributorsPuccinelli, Elvia L., Harlos, Steven, 1953-, Couturiaux, Clay, Illari, Bernardo
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 59 pages : music, Text
CoverageColombia
RightsPublic, Ávila Martínez, Juan Sebastián, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.
RelationRecital: November 21, 2018, not yet digitized

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