Description: In Inca Music Reimagined, author Vera Wolkowicz argues that Peruvian, Ecuadorian, and Argentine composers in the early twentieth century consciously featured indigenous signifiers in their operas in order to produce a self-consciously Latin American art.
Review Quotes: "This is a groundbreaking book about music nationalism and the utopia of the Inca imaginary in Latin America. Based on a comprehensive field and archival research in countries such as Peru, Ecuador and Argentina, the author explores the processes of construction of national identities through the creation of a nationalist art music during the first three decades of the twentieth century. This brilliantly written and highly organized book will capture the attention not only of musicologists, but also of anyone interested in the processes of nation building in Latin America and elsewhere." -- Raúl R. Romero, author of Debating the Past: Music, Memory and Identity in the Andes
"Wolkowicz's book is remarkable, insightful, and original in its approach to examining the transnational circulation of discourses on Inca music. The understanding of national histories and the depth and breadth of the investigation are impressive!" -- Ketty Wong, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Kansas"Inca Music Reimagined explores how Latin American musicians brought ideas of Incan music into their twentieth-century modernist compositions...the project is an engaging one, and a much-needed contribution to the field of historical music studies. The book makes one think about Latin America as an imaginary, and the ways in which musical experimentation might draw on imaginaries in new, inventive ways." -- Jessica Sequeira, Modern Language Review"We highly recommend this book, written in clear language, relevant in its analyses, and enriched with rare iconography." -- Christophe Corbier, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Gesellschaft für Rechtsgeschichte