An Introduction to the Life and Work of Javier Alvarez

This thesis aims to become the first scholarly research document devoted to the life and work of Mexican postmodern composer Javier Alvarez. It contains the most detailed and up-to-date account of the composer’s biography and compositional style, along with a brief analysis of Metal of Hearts (Metal de corazones) one of his most recent works. The information presented is based on hundreds of primary source documents, an interview with the composer conducted over the course of three days, and academic sources only available in Spanish.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Musical Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Music

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Basulto Martinez, Alejandro

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pollack, Howard

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Harvey, Raymond
• Koozin, Timothy
• Smith, Rob

• Javier Alvarez
• Mexico
• Postmodernism, Temazcal, Metal de corazones
• Music
• Composer
• Nationalism
• Mexican concert music.

Statement dc:rights

• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10657/7747

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/7747