| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Contents |
Cuban music from A to Z -- A. Musical instruments -- B. Music magazines -- C. Orchestras and bands -- D. Theaters |
| Summary |
Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the worldʹs richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the music of the island that brought the world the danzón, the son, the mambo, the conga, and the cha-cha-chá. The lifeʹs work of Cuban historian and musician Helio Orovio, Cuban Music from A to Z presents the people, genres, and history of Cuban music. Arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, the entries span from Abakuá music and dance to Eddy Zervigón, a Cuban bandleader based in New York City. They reveal an extraordinary fusion of musical elements, evident in the unique blend of African and Spanish traditions of the son musical genre and in the integration of jazz and rumba in the timba style developed by bands like Afrocuba, Chucho Valdésʹs Irakeke, José Luis Cortésʹs ng La Banda, and the Buena Vista Social Club. Folk and classical music, little-known composers and international superstars, drums and string instruments, symphonies and theaters -- itʹs all here |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 235) |
| Notes |
Translated from the Spanish |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Music -- Cuba -- Dictionaries
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Musicians -- Cuba -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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Musicians -- Cuba -- Biography -- Dictionaries
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Latin.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
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Music
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Musicians
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Musik
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Cuba
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Kuba.
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dictionaries.
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Biographies
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Dictionaries
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionnaires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780822385219 |
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082238521X |
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1283064758 |
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9781283064750 |
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9786613064752 |
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6613064750 |
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