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Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)
Alejandro L. Madrid
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Description for Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)
Paperback. Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 music examples, 42 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; ASD; AVGW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba. By the early twentieth-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. A fundamentally hybrid music and dance complex, it reflects the fusion of European and African elements and had a strong influence on the development of later Latin dance traditions as well as early jazz in New Orleans. Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance studies the emergence, hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this music ... Read more
Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba. By the early twentieth-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. A fundamentally hybrid music and dance complex, it reflects the fusion of European and African elements and had a strong influence on the development of later Latin dance traditions as well as early jazz in New Orleans. Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance studies the emergence, hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this music ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
New
Series
Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199965823
SKU
V9780199965823
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About Alejandro L. Madrid
Alejandro L. Madrid is a music scholar whose research focuses on the intersection of modernity, tradition and globalization in music and expressive culture from Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border, and the circum-Caribbean. His books have received the AMS's Ruth A. Solie Award, IASPM's Woody Guthrie Book Award, and the Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize. He is associate professor of ethno/musicology ... Read more
Reviews for Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance (Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music)
"The book is arguably the most comprehensive study of danzón and will surely be of great help to future studies of Afro-Latin American music for many decades to come. It is also an excellent example of a combination of methods and analytical approaches in music studies, moving from historical sources to personal interviews, from printed books and articles to archives, ... Read more