Creolizing Contradance in the Caribbean

Klappentext Peter Manuel is Professor of Music at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of six books and many articles on musics of India, the Caribbean, Spain, and elsewhere, including East Indian Music in the West Indies (Temple). He also plays sitar, jazz piano, and flamenco guitar. Zusammenfassung How contradanceand quadrille gave rise to merengue! danzon and other popular Creole dances Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Contradance and Quadrille Culture in the Caribbean 2. Cuba: From Contradanza to Danzon 3. Puerto Rico: The Rise and Fall of the Danza as National Music 4. The Dominican Republic: Danza and the Contradanced Merengue 5. Creole Quadrilles of Guadeloupe! Dominica! Martinique! and St. Lucia 6. Haiti: Tracing the Steps of the Meringue and Contredanse 7. The English-Speaking Caribbean: Re-embodying the Colonial Ballroom Contributors Contents of the Compact Disc Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Manuel, Peter (EDT) Manuel
• Assisted by: Peter Manuel (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2011
• EAN: 9781592137350
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-735-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Latin America & Car; Studies in Latin America & Caribbean Music; Studies in Latin America & Car
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous