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Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana
Cuban Music From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana
Author: Maya Roy
Native Americans supplied the maracas. African slaves brought drums and ritual music, and Spaniards brought guitars, brass instruments, and clarinets along with European ballroom dancing. The advent of blues and jazz gave new forms to styles of songs, notably feeling songs, which joined the more traditional styles of trova and bolero. Cuban cult...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781558762824
ISBN-10: 1558762825
Publication Date: 10/2002
Pages: 246
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Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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