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Music in Latin American culture : regional traditions / John M. Schechter, general editor ; contributors, Gage Averill, Larry Crook, William J. Grandate, Ercilia Moreno Chá, Raúl R. Romero, John M. Schechter, T.M. Scruggs, Daniel Sheehy.
| Other author | Schechter, John Mendell, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer Books, ©1999. |
| Description | xvi, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Themes in Latin American music culture / John M. Schechter. Music and musics -- Nostalgia -- Descriptive balladry -- Commentary on current events, and outrage at injustice -- Communication with the supernatural -- Popular Mexican musical traditions: the mariachi of West Mexico and the conjunto jarocho of Veracruz / Daniel Sheehy. Origins of today's Mexican regional music: the formative years -- Popular Mexican regional folk music -- The twentieth century and the blurring of regionalism -- Musica de mariachi and musica jarocha. Musica de mariachi ; Mariachi repertoire and the son jalisciense ; The mariachi vihuela ; Profile of Margarito Gutierrez ; Musica jarocha of Veracruz ; The son jarocho ; The jarana jarocha ; Profile of Jose Gutierrez -- Central America: Marimba and other musics of Guatemala and Nicaragua / T. M. Scruggs. A shared instrument: the marimba -- The marimba in Guatemala. Marimba de Tecomates ; Marimba sencilla ; Marimba doble -- The marimba in Nicaragua. Making a marimba de arco ; Performing music of the marimba de arco trio ; The baile de la marimba in Saint's Day celebrations ; Structure of the dance and music ; Profile of Carlos Palacios Ruiz ; The perseverance of a "limited" instrument ; The son nica -- The Nicaraguan Creole Palo de Mayo. An introduction to the Caribbean coast of Central America ; Nicaragua's "Atlantic" coast ; Palo de Mayo from east to west -- Caribbean musics: Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago / Gage Averill. Introduction. Geography ; Why study the music of the Caribbean? ; History ; Cultural commonality -- Rumba: Afro-Cuban drumming, dance, and song: a subsidiary music culture. Music and dance in Rumba ; Repercussions of Rumba -- Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. Haitian Vodou: the Fet Daome at Mistik Souvenans. Serving the spirits ; The temple at Souvenance ; The Vodou battery ; Ceremonial structure -- Haitian Rara: music of spirit, power, and celebration. On the road with Rara bands ; The meanings of Rara ; Rara music ; Rara, politics, and popular culture -- Profile of Manno Charlemagne, a Haitian movement troubadour. Mizik Angaje -- Trinidadian Calypso. Carnival 1994 ; Cariso to Calypso ; Musical structure ; Changes in Carnival -- Trinidadian pan and steel band. Tamboo-bamboo to steel band ; Increasing respectability and "Panorama" ; Steel band instruments ; Building and tuning a pan ; Pan prospects and perils -- Northeastern Brazil / Larry Crook. Caboclo traditions: music of the northeast interior. Zabumbas: northeastern fife and drum bands. Novena de Casa -- Profile of Joao Alfredo dos Santos ; Making a cane Pifano ; Forro. Secular dance music of the Caboclo ; Luiz Gonzaga, Baiao, and Forro as a Brazilian popular music -- Black musical traditions from Bahia. Candomble ; Race relations and contemporary Afro-Bahian music. The Bahian carnival -- Music in the southern cone: Chile, Argentina and Uruguay / Ercilia Moreno Cha. Social, cultural, and historical background. Chile ; Argentina ; Uruguay -- Summary of musical traditions ; Urbanization of regional rural musics ; The Andes axis: Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. The Chilean tonada ; The feminine presence ; Profile of Margot Loyola ; The tonada cuyana -- The Rio de la Plata axis: Buenos Aires, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay. The milonga. The milonga as a rural tradition ; The urban milonga -- The guitar. Construction process ; Tuning systems ; Guitar performance traditions in the tonada and the milonga -- Andean Colombia / William J. Gradante. Music in daily life ; Semana santa. Vignette: Semana santa -- Vieja guardia music. Vignette: the serenata ; The tradition of the vieja guardia. Dueto Bambuquero ; Estudiantina -- Textual themes of vieja guardia music -- Don Agusto Cuellar and the sampedro. Musical instruments as local markers. Tambora sanjuanera ; Flauta ; Vignette: Carangano ; The tiple ; The tiple in regional folklore ; Instrumentos de Calabazo -- Coplas and Copleros. Copla performance format ; Coplas del Rajalena Plateno -- Andean Peru / Raul R. Romero. The historical setting and Peruvian music cultures -- Fixed musical genres. The wayno -- Flexible musical genres -- The branding of animals in the Mantaro Valley -- Dance-dramas: choreography and music -- The ch'unchu dance -- Musical instruments -- Profile of Maximo Damian and the scissors dance -- Andean music in the cities -- Profile of Victor Alberto Gil Malma, "The hummingbird of the Andes" -- A modern urban ensemble: a chicha group -- Beyond region: transnational and transcultural traditions / John M. Schechter. Within and beyond region -- Nueva cancion. Continuity of tradition ; Political conditions ; Philosophy ; People ; Summary -- The songs of women and the images of women in song -- The symbolic character of musical expression, and the search for continuity in music culture. |
| Abstract | This book presents chapters that focus on specific musical cultures including: Mexico, Central American, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Peru and more. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and includes specific examples from the contributor's fieldwork. |
| Abstract | This book provides an in-depth look at the diverse musical cultures of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean in a format geared for the undergraduate. Each chapter, written by an expert in the field, focuses on a specific musical culture while offering students a solid foundation for further study. Authors present the community, its history, common dialect, traditions, and newer forms of musical expression. Music rituals, instrument manufacturing processes, and improvisational techniques all come alive through the authors' own observations of the cultures they have studied firsthand. |
| Local note | Little-311147--305131018088 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references, discographies, filmographies, and index. |
| LCCN | 99013859 |
| ISBN | 0028647505 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0028653300 (compact disc) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Stacks | ML199 .M86 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
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