Violín : meditating musical style and devotional practice in 21st-century Cuba / Robin D. Moore

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Robin D., 1964- author.

Series:

Afro-Latin America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violin music--Cuba--Religious aspects.

Violin music.

Violin music--Social aspects--Cuba.

Music--Cuba--21st century--History and criticism.

Music.

Sacred music--Cuba--21st century--History and criticism.

Sacred music.

Music--Cuba--Religious aspects.

Spiritualism--Cuba--Rites and ceremonies.

Spiritualism.

Santeria--Cuba--Rites and ceremonies.

Santeria.

Cuba--Social life and customs.

Cuba.

Music--Cuba--History and criticism.

Music--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Afrodescendant religious music in the Caribbean and Latin America typically foregrounds drumming and centuries-old songs of praise to spirit deities. In recent years, a new form of worship, known as a violín or toque de violín, which features the violin alongside the guitar, electronic piano, and/or other instruments commonly associated with popular music, has gained popularity in Cuba. Violines can be understood as loosely defined spaces for performance that developed in a context of cultural oppression and dominance. They can be viewed as a concession to Eurocentric and secular tastes, or as a blackening/creolizing of those same practices, or both. They express religious faith in pluralistic ways, incorporating repertoire from various Black religions alongside influences from folk Catholicism, and classical, commercial, and folkloric music. Drawing from an encyclopedic knowledge of Cuban music, ethnographic work, and interviews, Robin D. Moore's groundbreaking book is the first to explore the compelling violín ceremony in detail"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Situating violines

Spiritism and violines espirituales

Violines a Ochún and orisha praise

Performance dynamics in toques de violín

Violines abroad

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 22, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Moore, Robin D., 1964- Violín

ISBN:

9781009584029

1009584022

OCLC:

1539298485

Publisher Number:

CIPO000277904

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license