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100			_aDios, Juan Francisco de
245		0	_aLeonardo Balada : A Transatlantic Gaze
250			_a1st ed.
260			_bCarnegie Mellon University Press _c2020 _aPittsburgh
300			_b325 p. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes Bibliographical references and index
520			_aLeonardo Balada: A Transatlantic Gaze tells the story of how composer Leonardo Balada journeyed from a childhood and youth overshadowed by the violence of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath of &;the years of hunger&; to a new life as a budding composer in New York. Through meticulous historical research and hours of interviews conducted with Balada over six years, biographer Juan Francisco de Dios has produced a unique portrait of the making of an artist. His imaginative eye for detail recreates a sequence of fascinating episodes in social history. We meet adolescent Balada at school, the only boy in a class of girls, view his suffering as a military conscript in the mountains, witness behind-the-scenes conflicts and rivalries in the production of his opera in Barcelona, and get a glimpse of a more settled life when he became an educator of musicians-to-be at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout, Francisco de Dios delivers riveting description of Balada&;s music and development as a composer. This biography is an essential contribution to the understanding of a musician who spans continents and the contemporary history and culture of Spain and the United States.
650			_xComposers
942			_cENGLISH _2ddc
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