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Music in Cuba / Alejo Carpentier ; edited and with an introduction by Timothy Brennan ; translated by Alan West-Durán.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML207.C8 C313 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980.
- Series:
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 5.
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 5
- Standardized Title:
- Música en Cuba. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Cuba--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Cuba.
- Physical Description:
- 302 pages : music ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Música en Cuba.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816632294
- 0816632308
- OCLC:
- 44926871
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