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LUX LA MúsiCa ET VERITAS THE LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER NEWSLETTER * * Vol. 2 No. 1 June 19, 1995 Music and Power § Music and Power The 10th Argentine Conference of Musicology and the 9th Annual Conference of the Argentinian Musicology Association ∞ § Mexico: 100 Years of Music he National Institute of Musicology Carlos Vega and the Argentinian Musicology Association invite scholars and ∞ T researchers from Argentina and other countries to participate in these § LAMC Goes On-Line two events, which will take place in the city of Buenos Aires during ∞ August 24-27 of 1995. The suggested topic for this year is Music and Power, including: music and symbolic power, rhetoric and § Horacio López de la Rosa: music persuasion, music and gender, music and cultural policies, Score Collection music and colonialism, music and religion, music and identity. ∞ Papers on other topics will also be considered. The deadline for submissions is June 12. § Latin American Music Now ∞ For more information contact: § Materials Received Recently at Instituto Nacional de Musicología the LAMC México 564, 10 Piso, 1097 ∞ Buenos Aires, Argentina. § Words and Music Follow-up Phone and fax (54-1) 361-6013. ∞ México: 100 Years of Music § Call for Scores ∞ orth/South Consonance, Inc. and the New York Public Library § Cuban Music for Piano Nfor the Performing Arts sponsored three concerts in March 11, 17 and 28 featuring music written by Mexican composers during the ∞ last 100 years. The concerts coincided with the exhibition of manu- § New Recordings and the LAMC scripts by Carlos Chávez housed at the Research Division of the Library, and three unpublished works by this composer received their ∞ first performance. The programs also featured works by Salvador § Obituary: Eduardo Mata Contreras, José Pablo Moncayo, Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mario ∞ Lavista, Salvador Moreno, Manuel Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas, Rodolfo Halffter and Ricardo Castro. The programs were designed by § Selected Discography of Latin Mexican pianist/composer Max Lifchitz. For more information, call American Colonial Music North/South Concerts (212) 592-3532. LAMC GOES ON-LINE he Latin American Music future projects planned for the home sions on it. The list welcomes T Center recently started a project page include the creation of a directory messages in English, Spanish, and to offer some of the LAMC’s of Latin American composers; a direc- Portuguese. materials and services through “on- tory of Latin American music schools line” resources. 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Some of the the intention of carrying their discus- Horacio López de la Rosa: Score Collection n our last issue, we informed our Seis canciones, op. 3 (1958-59) Tres canciones americanas, op. 15 Ipatrons about the addition to the for voice and piano (1961) LAMC archives of a collection of Text by Juan Ramón Jiménez for voice and piano scores by Argentinian composer and Antonio Machado Text from folk traditions Horacio López de la Rosa EAM Contains: Villancico, La campana, (b. Buenos Aires, October 26, 1933; Con una manzana verde. d. Buenos Aires, September 7, 1986). Coplas de la paloma, op. 45 RA (1978-79) The collection, donated by Ms. Inés for voice and piano Invenciones, op. 34 (1969-70) de la Rosa with the mediation of Text by Jorge Vocos Lescano for piano pianist Marcela Fiorillo, contains and the composer. BARRY the following compositions: EAC Dos tangos para piano, op. 44, 48 Canciones de Altisidora, op. 35 Dos canciones, op. 7 (1960) Ediciones Guía de la Música Argentina (1970) for voice and piano Instituto Lucchelli Bonadeo for soprano and piano Text by Juan Ramón Jiménez Text by Miguel de Cervantes Contains: Los amarillos, El perdido Tempi, op. 25 (1964) EAM EAM for piano, in seven movements EAM Tango para la mano izquierda, Dos invenciones, op. 10 (1960) op. 52 (1985) for piano Tango, op. 54 (1985) for piano EAM for piano four hands and güiro EA EAC Latin American Music Now he Department of Music and the Center for Latin The keynote address of the festival was presented by TAmerica of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee renowned Mexican composer Mario Lavista. presented on April 20-22 a festival of contemporary art music featuring selected works by composers from Conductor Carmen Téllez and composer Gerardo Dirié, Venezuela, México, Brazil and Argentina. There were director and coordinator of the LAMC, participated in evening concerts, four sessions of lectures, demonstrations the second session of discussions : “Sharing our Musics: and panel discussions with guest performers and compos- Listening Across the Borders.” ers. Guest musicians included Horacio Franco (virtuoso recorder player), Adrián Justus (violin), the Do-Zarpas The conference was organized by Yehuda Yannay, harp duo from Mexico City, Evelyn LaBruce (mezzo Judith Jaimes and Pavel Burda of the University of soprano), Lou Cucunato and Elena Abend (pianists). Wisconsin-Madison and Frankie Kelly of Western Carolina University. Pavel Burda conducted the Music-With-Percussion Ensemble, and composer Yehuda Yannay conducted an A report of concert and discussion sessions in several ensemble with the participation of saxophonist Jonathan of this season's music festivals will appear in the next Helton, bassist Michael Britz and the Veronika Quartet. issue of LaMúsiCA. Materials Received Recently at the LAMC Compact Discs voice; Leo Brouwer - Es el amor Arizpe], Cuaderno de viaje (1989) for quien ve (1972) for voice, flute, guitar, solo viola [Mauricio Barbetti], violin, cello, piano, and vibraphone. Cuicani (1985) for flute and clarinet Nueva generación de compositores Cosentino, Buenos Aires, 1993. [Marielena Arizpe, Luis Humberto argentinos Vol. 2. Contains: Gabriel Ramos], Cante (1980) for two guitars Adamo - Variations for piano, Op. 6; Las vanguardias en Argentina. [Grupo [Dúo Castañón-Bañuelos], Sergio Bungs - 10 Very Brief Love Encuentros. Alicia Terzián, conduc- Responsorio in memoriam Rodolfo Duets; Daniel Cocchetti -Variations, tor]. Contains: José Luis Campana - Halffter (1988), for bassoon and two Op. 11; Elena Buiani - Quartet for Noctal 1-2-3 (1992) for flute, clarinet, percussionists [Wendy Holdaway, woodwinds; Cecilia Fiorentino - violin, cello, and piano; Salvador basson; Ricardo Gallardo and Alonso Osergered or the Crumbs; Teodoro Ranieri - Un grido anche di gioia Mendoza, percussion]. CENIDIM, Cromber - Tríptico No. 3; Sergio (1979) for voice, clarinet, violin, cello, México, 1994. Parotti - Sonata no. 1, Op. 39; Luis and piano; Marcelo Koc - Música Müller - Preludio y melodía para ac. para cinco instrumentos (1983) for Cantata antillana. [Orquesta Sinfónica flute, clarinet, violin,