28%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba
Robin D. Moore
€ 38.99
€ 28.18
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616. Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. 367 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 13 music examples. Provides an introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959, and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Tracing the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, and other forms, this book describes how the arts have become a point of negotiation between individuals. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AV; HBTB. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight: 616.
Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Robin D. Moore gives readers a chronological overview of the first decades after the Cuban Revolution, documenting the many ways performance has changed and emphasizing the close links between political and cultural activity. Offering a wealth of fascinating details about music and the milieu that engendered it, the author traces the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, religious traditions, and other forms. He describes how the fall ... Read more
Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Robin D. Moore gives readers a chronological overview of the first decades after the Cuban Revolution, documenting the many ways performance has changed and emphasizing the close links between political and cultural activity. Offering a wealth of fascinating details about music and the milieu that engendered it, the author traces the development of dance styles, nueva trova, folkloric drumming, religious traditions, and other forms. He describes how the fall ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
Series
Music of the African Diaspora
Number of Pages
367
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520247116
SKU
V9780520247116
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Robin D. Moore
Robin D. Moore is Associate Professor of Music History at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940 (1997).
Reviews for Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba
"The Cuban reality reveals itself in many forms, and none perhaps as compelling as through its music. Through the rhythm, by way of the melody, and within the lyric, in the arrangement and performance, the music speaks to the Cuban condition, past and present. And few have conveyed knowledge of this relationship with the originality and thoroughness as Robin Moore. ... Read more