The Music of the Netherlands Antilles - Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt Before Chopin's Heart

Anyone hoping to discover an overlooked chapter of Caribbean music and music history will be amply rewarded with this Dutch-Caribbean perspective on the pan-Caribbean process of creolization. On Curaçao, the history and legacy of slavery shaped culture and music, affecting all the New World. Brokken's portraits of prominent Dutch Antillean composers are interspersed with cultural and music history.

About the author

Jan Brokken was a journalist for several major Dutch newspapers. He is author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novels The Blind Passengers, The Sad Champion, Jungle Rudy, In the Poet's House, and Baltic Souls. His works have been translated into several languages.

Product details

• Authors: Jan Brokken, Jan/ Rollins Brokken
• Assisted by: Scott Rollins (Translation)
• Publisher: University press of mississipp
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781628461855
• ISBN: 978-1-62846-185-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Caribbean Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous