Author : Alejandro L. Madrid,Robin D. Moore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199965823
Danzón by Alejandro L. Madrid,Robin D. Moore Pdf
Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in 19th-century Cuba. By the early 20th-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. This book studies the emergence hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this phenomenon of music and dance.