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Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana
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Book Description
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 culture represents a convergence of these diverse back... More

Book Information
PublisherMarkus Wiener Pub
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages246
ISBN-101558762817
ISBN-13978-1558762817
Publication Date10/01/2002
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About Maya Roy (Author) : Maya Roy is a published author. A published credit of Maya Roy is Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana.
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About Maria Madonna Davidoff (Illustrator) : Maria Madonna Davidoff is a published illustrator. Published credits of Maria Madonna Davidoff include From Our Mothers' Hearths: Bukusu Folktales and Proverbs and The West and the World: A History of... more
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