Music and society. Circulations, receptions and social imaginaries related to Tito Francia.

Abstract

Tito Francia was a musician from Mendoza that performed different roles and occupied many spaces; he was a virtuous guitar player, a composer, a radio musician, a professor and a foundation member of the Nuevo Cancionero movement. His musical practices, understood as "actions in a common social world" are articulated once with the others, shapping a net of links and cooperation among them. In this paper, we undertake Francia circulation and reception in order to testify the circulations circuits he had, as well as to take in consideration the building of sense in his music and practices from the reception he obtained. We also want to analyze, from recognition terms and his actors, the construction of imaginaries around this musician as well, as a mirror, on Mendoza society.