Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography

by Andrew Grant Wood

Book Overview

Few Mexican musicians in the twentieth century achieved as much notoriety or had such an international impact as the popular singer and songwriter Agust n 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199892458
• ISBN13: 9780199892457
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"