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Cuba and its music : from the first drums to the mambo /

by Sublette, Ned.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, c2004Edition: 1st ed.Description: xv, 672 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1556525168.Subject(s): HS - Music | High school | Cuban music -- History and criticismOnline resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Before Cuba -- Colonial Cuba -- Afro-Cuba -- Insurgent Cuba -- The Plattist republic -- Batista in power -- The autโentico years.
Summary: Traces the history of Cuban music from Spain's first encounters with Africa to the 1950s, discussing its influence on the music of the United States and other nations, and considering its pervasiveness in all aspects of Cuban life and character.
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"An A Cappella book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 615-644), discography (p. 587-589) and index.

Before Cuba -- Colonial Cuba -- Afro-Cuba -- Insurgent Cuba -- The Plattist republic -- Batista in power -- The autโentico years.

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Traces the history of Cuban music from Spain's first encounters with Africa to the 1950s, discussing its influence on the music of the United States and other nations, and considering its pervasiveness in all aspects of Cuban life and character.

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