Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)

The International Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt constituted one of the most important centers for contemporary music after World War II. Since their beginnings in 1946, some Latin American composers participated in the courses. This article embraces the presence of South American music be...

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Main Author: Daniela Fugellie
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Language:English
Published: Escola de Música da UFMG 2021-02-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/24954
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description The International Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt constituted one of the most important centers for contemporary music after World War II. Since their beginnings in 1946, some Latin American composers participated in the courses. This article embraces the presence of South American music between 1949 and 1951, relating to the participation of German composer and flutist Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, who set in Brazil in 1937. Koellreutter played an interesting role in Darmstadt in his double condition as agent of the German musical culture in Brazil and as exponent of South American music in Germany. The article explores Koellreutter’s own speeches about Brazilian and South American music, the performance of some Brazilian works and his participation in the International Dodecaphonic Congresses. These experiences have contributed to strengthen his identification with twelve-tone music, and this local projection as the initiator of dodecaphonic music in Brazil.
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spelling doaj.art-40326e3eaa4c4e89a829a8c90e67482d2023-08-04T17:45:21ZengEscola de Música da UFMGPer Musi1517-75992317-63772021-02-0140202011410.35699/2317-6377.2020.24954Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)Daniela Fugellie0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7401-980XUniversidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago de ChileThe International Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt constituted one of the most important centers for contemporary music after World War II. Since their beginnings in 1946, some Latin American composers participated in the courses. This article embraces the presence of South American music between 1949 and 1951, relating to the participation of German composer and flutist Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, who set in Brazil in 1937. Koellreutter played an interesting role in Darmstadt in his double condition as agent of the German musical culture in Brazil and as exponent of South American music in Germany. The article explores Koellreutter’s own speeches about Brazilian and South American music, the performance of some Brazilian works and his participation in the International Dodecaphonic Congresses. These experiences have contributed to strengthen his identification with twelve-tone music, and this local projection as the initiator of dodecaphonic music in Brazil.https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/24954new musicdarmstadt international summer courseshans-joachim koellreuttertwelve-tone musiccultural exchange
spellingShingle Daniela Fugellie
Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
Per Musi
new music
darmstadt international summer courses
hans-joachim koellreutter
twelve-tone music
cultural exchange
title Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
title_full Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
title_fullStr Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
title_full_unstemmed Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
title_short Hans-Joachim Koellreutter and South American Music at the Internacional Summer Courses of New Music in Darmstadt (1949-1951)
title_sort hans joachim koellreutter and south american music at the internacional summer courses of new music in darmstadt 1949 1951
topic new music
darmstadt international summer courses
hans-joachim koellreutter
twelve-tone music
cultural exchange
url https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/24954
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