Carlos Chavez and His World brings together an international roster of leading scholars to delve into not only Chavezs music but also the history, art, and politics surrounding his life and work.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Permissions and Credits
• PART I CHÁVEZ'S MUSICAL WORLD
• Chávez, Modern Music, and the New York Scene - CHRISTINA TAYLOR GIBSON
• The Pan/American Modernisms of Carlos Chávez and Henry Cowell - STEPHANIE N. STALLINGS
• “The heartbeat of an intense life”: Mexican Music and Carlos Chávez's Orquesta Sinfónica de México, 1928–1948 - RICARDO MIRANDA
• Carlos Chávez's Symphonies - JULIÁN ORBÓN TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY LEONORA SAAVEDRA
• Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas: Retracing an Ignored Dialogue - ROBERTO KOLB-NEUHAUS
• Aaron Copland, Carlos Chávez, and Silvestre Revueltas - HOWARD POLLACK
• PART II BIOGRAPHICAL AND ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES
• Chávez and the Autonomy of the Musical Work: The Piano Music - LUISA VILAR-PAYÁ
• Carlos Chávez and the Myth of the Aztec Renaissance - LEONORA SAAVEDRA
• Non-Repetition and Personal Style in the Inventions and Solis - AMY BAUER
• Music and the Marketplace: On the Backstory of Carlos Chávez's Violin Concerto - DAVID BRODBECK
• PART III CHÁVEZ'S GREATER WORLD
• Carlos Chávez and the Mexican “Vogue,” 1925–1940 - HELEN DELPAR
• Carlos Chávez and Paul Strand - JAMES KRIPPNER
• Masters Carlos Chávez and Miguel Covarrubias: A Puppet Show - ANTONIO SABORIT TRANSLATED BY REBECCA LEVI
• The Literary Affinities and Poetic Friendships of Carlos Chávez - SUSANA GONZÁLEZ AKTORIES TRANSLATED BY REBECCA LEVI
• The Composer as Intellectual: Carlos Chávez and El Colegio Nacional - ANA R. ALONSO-MINUTTI
• Portraits of Carlos Chávez: Testimonies of Collaboration - ANNA INDYCH-LÓPEZ
• The Modernist Invention of Mexico: Carlos Chávez, the Mexican Revolution, and the Cultural Politics of Music - LEON BOTSTEIN
• Notes on the Contributors