{"product_id":"agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography","title":"Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography","description":"Author: Andrew Grant Wood\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: June 13, 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Redrainforest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32433844191287,"sku":"9780199976744","price":16.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/4664\/4791\/products\/agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography.jpg?v=1608198108","url":"https:\/\/redrainforest.myshopify.com\/products\/agustin-lara-a-cultural-biography","provider":"Redrainforest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}