Music of the Netherlands Antilles
«"[T]his is an in-depth academic work but one which is an entertaining and absorbing read too - Brokken is also a novelist and his writing style does draw the reader in with ease." - RnR Magazine»
The Music of the Netherlands Antilles: Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt before Chopin's Heart is not your usual musical scholarship. In October 1999, eleven Antilleans attended the service held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Frederic Chopin's death. Les mer
Anyone hoping to discover an overlooked chapter of Caribbean music and music history will be amply rewarded with this Dutch-Caribbean perspective on the pan-Caribbean process of creolization. On Curacao, the history and legacy of slavery shaped culture and music, affecting all of the New World. Brokken's portraits of prominent Dutch Antillean composers are interspersed with cultural and music history. He puts the Dutch Caribbean's contributions into a broader context by also examining the nineteenth-century works by pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk from New Orleans and Manuel Saumell from Cuba. Brokken explores the African component of Dutch Antillean music-examining the history of the rhythm and music known as tambu as well as American jazz pianist Chick Corea's fascination with the tumba rhythm from Curacao. The book ends with a discussion of how recent Dutch Caribbean adaptations of European dance forms have shifted from a classical approach to contemporary forms of Latin jazz.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University Press of Mississippi
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781496820112
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«"[T]his is an in-depth academic work but one which is an entertaining and absorbing read too - Brokken is also a novelist and his writing style does draw the reader in with ease." - RnR Magazine»