Rhythm and heritage in modern flamenco guitar / Carlos van Tongeren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tongeren, Carlos van, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in music since 1945, 2632-7791.

Cambridge elements. Elements in music since 1945, 2632-7791

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guitar--Methods (Flamenco)--History.

Guitar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Discourses about rhythmic skill and feel have often been associated with forms of non-Western, and especially African and Afro-diasporic identity and heritage. How can we rethink rhythmic skill for the contemporary world where concepts of heritage and belonging are attaining new meanings across cultural and geographical borders? This Element addresses this question through the case study of modern flamenco guitar, an instrumental practice that has achieved daunting levels of rhythmic sophistication and has been flourishing across the globe for decades, even before flamenco was inscribed into UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010. Drawing on examples from local guitar traditions in Jerez de la Frontera and Morón de la Frontera and from an online guitar contest launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, this Element explores how rhythm can shape new ways of understanding and performing heritage in the global and digital age.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009307918

1009307916

9781009307888

1009307886

9781009307925

1009307924