Danzn Circumcaribbean Dialogues In Music And Dance
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780199965809
Description: Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in 19th-century Cuba. By the early 20th-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. This book studies the emergence hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this phenomenon of music and dance.