{"product_id":"agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography-currents-in-latin-american-and-iberian-music-0199892458","title":"Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0199892458\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood, Andrew Grant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agustín Lara (1897-1970). Widely known as \"el flaco de oro\" (\"the Golden Skinny\"), this remarkably thin fellow was prolific across the genres of bolero, ballad, and folk. His most beloved \"Granada\", a song so enduring that it has been covered by the likes of Mario Lanza, Frank Sinatra, and Placido Domingo, is today a standard in the vocal repertory. However, there exists very little biographical literature on Lara in English. In Agustín Lara: A Cultural Biography, author Andrew Wood's informed and informative placement of Lara's work in a broader cultural context presents a rich and comprehensive reading of the life of this significant musical figure. Lara's career as a media celebrity as well as musician provides an excellent window on Mexican society in the mid-twentieth century and on popular culture in Latin America. Wood also delves into Lara's music itself, bringing to light how the composer's work unites a number of important currents in Latin music of his day, particularly the bolero. With close musicological focus and in-depth cultural analysis riding alongside the biographical narrative, Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography is a welcome read to aficionados and performers of Latin American musics, as well as a valuable addition to the study of modern Mexican music and Latin American popular culture as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51675864105248,"sku":"NEW0199892458","price":78.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71RUMBN065L.jpg?v=1779224252","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography-currents-in-latin-american-and-iberian-music-0199892458","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}