Music in Cuba
Alejo Carpentier
312 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0816632308
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Language: English
Publish: 1038729600000
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.