num_pages: 312
description: Originally published in 1946 and never before available in English, Music in Cuba is not only the best and most extensive study of Cuban musical history, it is a work of literature. Drawing on such primary documents as church circulars and musical scores, Carpentier encompasses European-style elite Cuban music as well as the popular rural Spanish folk and urban Afro-Cuban music.
language: English
title: Music in Cuba
titlecomplete: Music in Cuba
genres: Music
ratings_count: 17
publisher: University of Minnesota Press