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New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990
Title
New York and the International Sound of Latin Music, 1940-1990 Benjamin Lapidus.
ISBN
9781496831279
1496831276
9781496831323
1496831322
9781496831316
1496831314
9781496831309
1496831306
9781496831286
1496831284
Publication
Jackson : Unversity Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 online resource xxiv, 403 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
New York City has long been a generative nexus for the transnational Latin music scene. Currently, there is no other place in the Americas where such large numbers of people from throughout the Caribbean come together to make music. In this book, Benjamin Lapidus seeks to recognize all of those musicians under one mighty musical sound, especially those who have historically gone unnoticed. Based on archival research, oral histories, interviews, and musicological analysis, Lapidus examines how interethnic collaboration among musicians, composers, dancers, instrument builders, and music teachers in New York City set a standard for the study, creation, performance, and innovation of Latin music. Musicians specializing in Spanish Caribbean music in New York cultivated a sound that was grounded in tradition, including classical, jazz, and Spanish Caribbean folkloric music. For the first time, Lapidus studies this sound in detail and in its context. He offers a fresh understanding of how musicians made and formally transmitted Spanish Caribbean popular music in New York City from 1940 to 1990. Without diminishing the historical facts of segregation and racism the musicians experienced, Lapidus treats music as a unifying force. By giving recognition to those musicians who helped bridge the gap between cultural and musical backgrounds, he recognizes the impact of entire ethnic groups who helped change music in New York. The study of these individual musicians through interviews and musical transcriptions helps to characterize the specific and identifiable New York City Latin music aesthetic that has come to be emulated internationally"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2021
Series
[American made music series]
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Latin music education in New York
Chapter 2: Strings and skins : Latin music instrument makers in New York
Chapter 3: Sonny Bravo, Tipica 73, and the New York Sound
Chapter 4: "This Guy Does Not Look Latin," the Panamanian connection : Race, ethnicity, and musical Identity in New York
Chapter 5: Puerto Rican engagement with jazz and Its effects on Latin music
Chapter 6: "Where's Barry?" : Another Look at Jews and Latin music in New York
Chapter 7: "Invasión del 80/Yo vine del Mariel! : the musical impact of the Mariel boatlift"
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
References
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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