Danzón Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance |
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| Author:
| Madrid, Alejandro L.
Moore, Robin D. |
| Series title: | Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-996582-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $67.00 |
Book Description:
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Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba. By the early twentieth-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance studies the emergence, hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this phenomenon of music and dance.
Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition, the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in nineteenth-century Cuba. By the early twentieth-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance studies the emergence, hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this phenomenon of music and dance.