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Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León's achievements encompass but also stretch far beyond contemporary classical music. Alejandro L. Madrid draws on oral history, archival work, and ethnography to offer the first in-depth biography of the artist. Breaking from a chronological account, Madrid looks at León through the issues that have informed and defined moments in her life and her professional works. León's words become a starting ground--but also a counterpoint--to the accounts of the people in her orbit. What emerges is more than an extraordinary portrait of an artist's journey. It is a story of how a human being reacts to the challenges thrown at her by history itself, be it the Cuban revolution or the struggle for civil and individual rights. Nuanced and multifaceted, Tania León's Stride looks at the life, legacy, and milieu that created and sustained one of the most important figures in American classical music.
Contents
List of Figures ix List of Music Examples xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction
Notes on a Biographical Counterpoint 1
Chapter 1 Tonic: The House on Salud Street 11
Chapter 2 Modulation and Displacement: cubana de adentro . . . cubana de afuera 33
Chapter 3 Syncopation and Color: Adapting to New Life Rhythms 59
Chapter 4 Direction: Leading in Music, Leading in Life 93
Chapter 5 Voice: Style and Idea in the Music of Tania LeÓn 126
Chapter 6 Canon: Representation, Identity, and Legacy 166
Epilogue Tania LeÓn's Stride: An Echo that Reaches Our Ears 181
Appendix A List of Works 185
Appendix B Tania LeÓn's Life 193
Notes 203
Bibliography 229
Index 241
