Atahualpa Yupanqui:How is it so Beautiful
It’s neither good or bad that a great deal of music coming out of twentieth century South America has hints of politicism about it. That’s just how it goes. Partially, that all comes from other nations attempting to develop and exploit whatever was going on down there. But it also speaks to the subjugation of native peoples and how each individual group wound up dealing with its problems. There’s a great deal of Commie nonsense that went into informing composition in all spheres of music – in the States as well. The reaction of the greater culture, though, seems to have been more positive in terms of appreciating the resultant work – there wasn’t HUAC down there. Murders and disappearances probably organized by the government, but no fixed trials. It’s hard to say which scenario was worse.
