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Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana - Couverture rigide

Maya Roy (author)

 
9781558762817: Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana
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ISBN 10 : 1558762817 ISBN 13 : 9781558762817
Editeur : Markus Wiener Publishing Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling songs, which joined the more traditional styles of trova and bolero.

Cuban culture represents a convergence of these diverse backgrounds, and the musical heritage presented in this book reflects these traditions as well. In colonial times, African ritual sounds mixed with Catholic liturgies and brass bands of the Spanish military academies. Ballroom dances, including French music from Haiti popular in 18th-century Havana society, existed side by side with the cabildos (guilds and carnival clubs) and the plantations. The son, considered the expression of Cuban musical identity, had its origins in a rural setting in which African slaves and small farmers from Andalusia worked and played music together, developing many variations over the years, including big band music.

Cuban music is now experiencing a major renaissance, and is enjoyed throughout the world.

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À propos des auteurs

Maya Roy, author, teaches Caribbean history at the University of Paris and moderates several radio and television programs.

Denise Asfar, translator, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of French and Latin in the Department of Arts and Sciences at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Gabriel Asfar, translator, is a professor of French, Arabic, and Francophone literature at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

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Éditeur
Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1558762817
ISBN 13 
9781558762817
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
277
Coordonnées du fabricant
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