Juan Carlos Paz (1901-1972) was an Argentinian composer, theorist, and music critic. As a composer, he adopted serial techniques in the early 1930's, and as a music theorist, he tried to explain and defend contemporary aesthetics, and assumptions that underlie avant garde compositional practices. During the 1930's and 1940's, he was almost alone in Latin America in his opposition to the use of nationalism and folklore in music. However, later in his life, he was increasingly regarded as an important and influential musical figure, particularly among younger Latin American composers. / Paz is the author of over fifty published articles and four books, none of which is available in English. Introduccion, one of his latest and most extensive writings, contains an exhaustive survey of twen- tieth century Western music, Paz's evaluations of musical practices, his explanations of musical aesthetics, and his attempt to identify those compositional procedures that carry in them possibilities for future developments, and why. / This dissertation focuses on Paz's role as a music theorist and writer, through a translation of the second edition of Introduccion, and through a commentary on the opinions expressed in this book, in relation to selected contemporary views on the same issues. Some of the writings used for comparative purposes in this commentary include those of Rene Leibowitz, Antoine Golea, George Perle, Gisele Brelet, and Donald Mitchell, many of which appear in Paz's bibliography. The commentary concentrates on Paz's central ques- tion of which compositional techniques have expanded the musical language (according to him, atonality, serialism, microtonality, aleatory procedures, etc.), and on his contributions to theories of twentieth century compositional practices. It was found that in spite of its inordinate length, complex writing style, and some inaccuracies in details, Introduccion contributes some unique perspectives on twentieth century compositional practices, especially in those areas with which Paz was most familiar. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-08, Section: A, page: 2795. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75922 |
| Contributors | TABOR, MICHELLE ANDREE BOISSEAU., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 1266 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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