Books by Patricia Caicedo

In this beautifully edited book, you find the song cycle ALQUIMIA written by Bolivian composer Agustin Fernandez for the Barcelona Festival of Song 2006. The book has a bilingual introductory study that contextualizes the works, the composer's biography, and the poems. It provides translations of the poems into English as well as transcriptions to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

In this beautifully edited book, you find 16 art songs for voice and piano written by the Colombian composer Jaime Le?n (1921-2015). Besides having the sheet music, the book has an introductory study that contextualizes the composer and the poets. It also provides a diction guide, translation of the poems into English and their phonetic transcription. The study is presented in Spanish and English. The book is the second edition, revised in 2019. The author is Dr. Patricia Caicedo, a soprano and musicologist specializing in the Latin American and Iberian art song repertoire. She has recorded the songs and worked along with the composer for many years. She is the founder and director of the Barcelona Festival of Song, a summer program of history and interpretation dedicated to the study of the history and interpretation of the Latin American and Iberian art song repertoire.

In this beautifully edited book, you find 17 art songs for voice and piano by the Colombian composer Jaime Le?n (1921-2015). The book has an introductory study that contextualizes the composer and the poets. It also provides a diction guide, translation of the poems into English and their phonetic transcription. The study is presented in Spanish and English. The book is the second edition, revised in 2019. The author is Dr. Patricia Caicedo, a soprano and musicologist specializing in the Latin American and Iberian art song repertoire. She has recorded the songs and worked along with the composer for many years. Caicedo is the author of several books about the Iberian and Latin American art song and the director of the Barcelona Festival of Song, a summer program dedicated to the study of the history and interpretation of the Latin American and Iberian art song in Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese.

This study of the Latin American art song and its development in the context of musical nationalism shows how the song is a mirror in which the processes of conformation to Latin American national identity are reflected.