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Modernism on the world stage
Published 2020“…In 1954, Maya Angelou performed in a production of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess that toured through Italy. …”
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Hospitalidad y reciprocidad en ritmo de arrullo. Representaciones trinitarias del amor maternofilial en la canción de cuna de autor conocido
Published 2021-07-01“…Therefore, when addressing the representations of mother-child love implicit in works of this genre, it is productive to consider two theological correlates of this love, both described by John Paul II at Mulieris Dignitatem: one, the decisive relationship between Christ, the second person of the Trinity, and the Virgin Mary; the other, the mystery of the eternal «generating», intimate to God, and his biblical description by the means of the image of maternal love.Considering these main themes, the present article aims to analyze «Summertime», by George Gershwin (in his opera Porgy and Bess, which script was written by Ira Gershwin y DuBose Heyward, 1935) and «Regalitos», a song by Juan Quintero (in Después de usted, Buenos Aires, 2013), to understand how Trinitarian hospitality and reciprocity leave their mark on the lullaby genre, resignifying the songs in contexts of pain.…”
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“I’m gonna lose my strength, I’m gonna seize and die, And all that Jazz”! Neurological diseases in jazz legends
Published 2021-12-01“…The neurological diseases that afflicted the following six composers and musicians, all of whom are considered jazz legends, are briefly discussed: Charles Mingus, diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lester Young and Charlie Parker, both diagnosed with neurosyphilis; Thelonius Monk, who had possible frontotemporal dementia; George Gershwin, who died as a result of brain glioma; and Cole Porter, who developed phantom limb pain following an amputation. …”
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