Forgotten sisters of Mexican “geniuses”: María del Refugio Ponce and María Teresa Lara

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Published: Jul 31, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/enesl.20078064e.2020.22.75697

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Claudia Chibici-Revneanu
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León / UNAM

Abstract

Purpose: To recuperate information regarding the lives and works of María Teresa Lara and María del Refugio Ponce - sisters of the recognized musical “geniuses” Agustín Lara and Manuel M. Ponce – who were practically ignored by the Eurocentric musical canon and academic discussions about Mexican women composers. Apply theories surrounding the notion of genius as an ideological accomplice of patriarchal structures within the field of music, in order to investigate how far the cult surrounding their brothers might have affected the near disappearance of these women creators.

Methodological Design: The article is based on interdisciplinary research, drawing upon musicology, gender and creativity studies. Field work was also carried out in Tlatlauquitepec (Puebla) in order to collect more information about María Teresa Lara. In the case of María del Refugio Ponce, a study of relevant documents and music scores at the General Archive of the Cultural Institute of Aguascalientes was carried out.

Results: Important biographical data about both women was obtained, as well as indications that the genius ideology and the cult surrounding their brothers was partially beneficial but above all an obstacle to these women creators’ artistic development.

Research limitations: The history of María Teresa Lara is still fraught with contradictions and it will take a more in-depth research work to produce a complete catalogue of Maria del Refugio Ponce’s work.

Findings: The article reveals the prolific musical work of María del Refugio Ponce, and the probability of a complex artistic collaboration between the Lara siblings previously overlooked.

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Chibici-Revneanu, C. (2020). Forgotten sisters of Mexican “geniuses”: María del Refugio Ponce and María Teresa Lara. Entreciencias: Diálogos En La Sociedad Del Conocimiento, 8(22). https://doi.org/10.22201/enesl.20078064e.2020.22.75697
Author Biography

Claudia Chibici-Revneanu, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León / UNAM

Profesora-investigadora de tiempo completo de la Licenciatura en Desarrollo y Gestión Interculturales en la Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores (ENES), León de la UNAM. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, Nivel 1. Sus líneas de investigación son: La funcionalidad de las artes tanto para la exclusión como el empoderamiento de grupos marginados, con especial énfasis en cuestiones de composición musical y género, así como composición literaria y migración.

Últimas publicaciones:

  • Chibici-Revneanu, C. (2020). Migrating towards growth and oblivion? A contextual account of the lives and work of Spanish-Mexican composers María Teresa Prieto and Emiliana Mexican composers María Teresa Prieto and Emiliana de Zubeldía. Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios de Género de El Colegio de México. 6(e543), 1-34. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24201/reg.v6i0.543
  • Chibici-Revneanu, C. (2020). Writing towards empathy: An expressive writing cycle with Central American migrants and host undergraduate students in Mexico. Cogent Arts and Humanities, 7(1), 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2020.1720895
  • Chibici-Revneanu, C. (2019). Un-mind the gap: questioning the division between artistic instrumentalism and autonomy from an ethnomusicological perspective. European Journal of Cultural Management & Policy, 9(2), 4-16. Recuperado de https://www.encatc.org/media/5143-unmind-the-gap-questioning-the-division-between-artistic-instrumentalism

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