Caribbean Currents by Peter Manuel

Caribbean Currents by Peter Manuel

Music is the most popular and dynamic aspect of Caribbean expressive culture. From the well-known genres-salsa, merengue, reggae, calypso, and bachata-to more localized forms like chutney and kaseko, this wide-ranging book surveys Caribbean music's prodigious diversity and colorful history. Enhanced with numerous illustrations and musical examples, Caribbean Currents is an up-to-date overview of the region's music, covering Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, Suriname, and smaller islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe. Engaging descriptions of musical forms and innovations, festivals and dance halls, as well as musicians and fans, are situated inThis revised and expanded version features: * Twenty-seven new illustrations * Recent developments in the region's music, such as the emergence of reggaet\\u00f3n and timba * A new and extensive study of Jamaican dancehall

Outstanding Academic Books, Choice, 1996 Gordon KLewis Memorial Award for Caribbean Scholarship, Caribbean Studies Association, 1996 The musical analyses and notation... are straightforward enough to interest careful listeners as well as casual fans, and the many helpful discographies throughout the book--not to mention the cool photographs!--contribute to making this an essential text on some of the world's most irrepressible rhythms. Booklist This is an exciting text that offers an excellent survey of the popular musical styles of the Caribbean... The authors assert that Caribbean music has something to offer everyone, and this text is intended to cater for a very broad audience ranging from Caribbean music lovers, to students of Caribbean and/or pan-American society, to readers of Caribbean descent who wish to learn more about their unique and dynamic music-culture. The World of Music There is very much to admire in this comprehensive and insightful work. Caribbean Currents blends musical and sociocultural analyis, draws significance from fascinating song lyrics, and traces the social history of many of the Caribbean's most important genres of music and dance. The result is a package perfectly suited to classroom settings that should serve for some time as the standard text on Caribbean music. The Yearbook of Traditional Music The revised edition addresses the most important and significant new developments in the 21st century Caribbean, and will be welcomed by those who enjoyed the original due to the considerable additions and enhancements in the revised edition...undoubtedly a valuable resource. Ethnomusicology

Peter Manuel is Professor of Music at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of five books and many articles on musics of India, the Caribbean, Spain, and elsewhere. He also plays sitar, jazz piano, and flamenco guitar.Kenneth Bilby is Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.Michael Largey is Associate Professor of Music at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

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ISBN 13	9781592134632
ISBN 10	1592134637
Titel	Caribbean Currents
Autor	Peter Manuel
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Temple University Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-01-11
Seitenanzahl	336
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