 19 (February 1942) 77).During this period, Alberto Ginastera allied himself with Argentine intellectuals and artists in criticism of Juan Perón’s policies and signed a manifesto in defense of democratic principles and artistic freedom, for which the composer was eventually dismissed from his teaching positions at state-run institutions.In the midst of this unrest, echoing Bartók’s 1924 penning of "Hungarian Folksong" as "a declaration of war on the cultural policies of the Horthy regime" (Lajos Lesznai, "Bartók" (London