Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography

by Andrew Grant Wood

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, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"