Cuba and Its Music
Subtitle: From the First Drums to the Mambo
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: May 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9781556525162
Subjects: Music; History and criticism; Ethnic; Music/Songbooks; Cuba; Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba; History & Criticism - General; Music / World Beat; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Genres & Styles - International
First sentence: Separated from Europe by the Pyrenees on the northeast and from North Africa by the narrow Strait of Gibraltar to the south-through each of which gateways it has been invaded various times-the Iberian peninsula's physical isolation created its identity.