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Pages: 690
Pages: 690
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press
This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdes, Arsenio Rodrigu
Language: en
Pages: 316
Pages: 316
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
"In the wake of the Buena Vista Social Club, the world has rediscovered the rich musical tradition of Cuba. A unique combination of popular and elite influences
Language: en
Pages: 266
Pages: 266
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:
Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-23 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
This book explores the complexity of Cuban dance music and the webs that connect it, musically and historically, to other Caribbean music, to salsa, and to Lati
Language: en
Pages: 734
Pages: 734
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
Annotation A history of Cuban music during the Castro regime (1950s to the present.