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Author : Ramon L. Williams
Release : 1989
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Book Synopsis Songs of the Netherlands Antilles by : Ramon L. Williams
Download or read book Songs of the Netherlands Antilles written by Ramon L. Williams. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Brokken
Release : 2015-01-12
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Music of the Netherlands Antilles by : Jan Brokken
Download or read book The Music of the Netherlands Antilles written by Jan Brokken. This book was released on 2015-01-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Frédéric Chopin's death. This service, held in the Warsaw church where the composer's heart is kept in an urn, was an opportunity for these Antilleans to express their debt of gratitude to Chopin, whose influence is central to Antillean music history. Press coverage of this event caused Dutch novelist and author Jan Brokken (b. 1949) to start writing this book, based on notes he took while living on Curaçao from 1993 to 2002. 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 Curaçao, the history and legacy of slavery shaped culture and music, affecting all 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 tambú as well as American jazz pianist Chick Corea's fascination with the tumba rhythm from Curaçao. 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.
Author : Tim de Wolf
Release : 1999
Genre : Reference
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Book Synopsis Discography of Music from the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba by : Tim de Wolf
Download or read book Discography of Music from the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba written by Tim de Wolf. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. James Arnold
Release : 2001-07-23
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis A History of Literature in the Caribbean by : A. James Arnold
Download or read book A History of Literature in the Caribbean written by A. James Arnold. This book was released on 2001-07-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time the Dutch-speaking regions of the Caribbean and Suriname are brought into fruitful dialogue with another major American literature, that of the anglophone Caribbean. The results are as stimulating as they are unexpected. The editors have coordinated the work of a distinguished international team of specialists. Read separately or as a set of three volumes, the History of Literature in the Caribbean is designed to serve as the primary reference book in this area. The reader can follow the comparative evolution of a literary genre or plot the development of a set of historical problems under the appropriate heading for the English- or Dutch-speaking region. An extensive index to names and dates of authors and significant historical figures completes the volume. The subeditors bring to their respective specialty areas a wealth of Caribbeanist experience. Vera M. Kutzinski is Professor of English, American, and Afro-American Literature at Yale University. Her book Sugar’s Secrets: Race and The Erotics of Cuban Nationalism, 1993, treated a crucial subject in the romance of the Caribbean nation. Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger has been very active in Latin American and Caribbean literary criticism for two decades, first at the Free University in Berlin and later at the University of Maryland. The editor of A History of Literature in the Caribbean, A. James Arnold, is Professor of French at the University of Virginia, where he founded the New World Studies graduate program. Over the past twenty years he has been a pioneer in the historical study of the Négritude movement and its successors in the francophone Caribbean.
Author : Alan West-Duran
Release : 2003-03-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis African Caribbeans by : Alan West-Duran
Download or read book African Caribbeans written by Alan West-Duran. This book was released on 2003-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African Diaspora left an indelible imprint on Caribbean countries and islands. This reference, the only broad historical and cultural survey of the black experience in the Caribbean, celebrates the Afro-Caribbean diversity of the countries it profiles. Each of the 15 chapters introduces a country, island, or group of islands, providing an overview from the arrival of slaves to the current situation. Topics include, history, economy, politics, social stratification, race relations, cultural highlights, religion, and notable figures. Readers will discover the broad range of languages, political systems, racial makeup, historical uniqueness, and cultural offerings that shape the Caribbean. A chronology, glossary, and photos enhance the text.
