Benjamin Lapidus

Origins of Cuban Music and Dance

Changüí

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study of changüí, a particular style of music and dance in Guantánamo, Cuba, and the roots of son, the style of music that contributed to the development of salsa, in Eastern Cuba. The book also highlights the connections between Afro-Haitian music and Cuban popular music through changüí.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 521g
• ISBN-13: 9780810862043
• ISBN-10: 0810862042
• Artikelnr.: 24928686

Autorenporträt

By Benjamin Lapidus

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgements Part 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 1. Guantánamo and the Greater Oriente Region Chapter 6 2. Como se
toca se baila, como se baila se toca: The Instruments and Their Roles in
the Changüí Ensemble Chapter 7 3. Styles of Tres Improvisation Chapter 8 4.
Historicity and Self-Referencing in Changüí Songs Chapter 9 5. The Changüí
Complex In Guantánamo Chapter 10 6. Variations of Changüí Outside of
Guantánamo Chapter 11 7. The Afro-Haitian Presence in Eastern Cuba and its
Significance in the Development of the Cuban Son Chapter 12 8. Cultural
Festivals and Musical Competitions in Guantánamo and Oriente Part 13
Conclusion: Changüí, Son, and the Pan-Caribbean Perspective Part 14
Bibliography Part 15 Index Part 16 About the Author

Rezensionen

Lapidus synthesizes his ethnographic and historical research to present an indispensable text on one of Cuba's and the Caribbean's least documented and studied musical and dance genres. The author argues for an ethnographically-based alternative to the standard evolutionary construction of the Cuban son's historical development by showing that changui, nengon, and kiriba-the son's perceived "antecedents"-are not only distinct in their performative dimensions, but they also continue to contribute in their own idiosyncratic ways to the local and contemporary soundscape of Guantanamo. Herein lies Lapidus's major scholarly contribution to the kind of popular music studies that eschews a linear evolutionary framework of music history and instead focuses on the meanings generated where memory, history, performance, and the local, national, and transnational intersect. -- David F. Garcia, assistant professor, ethnomusicology, UNC - Chapel Hill In this ground-breaking study of changui, Ben Lapidus sheds light on a lesser-known but important genre of Cuban music, providing detailed analysis of its musical form while at the same time situating it in the broader context of eastern Cuba's unique history and music culture. -- Peter Manuel, CUNY Graduate Center