The book of salsa : a chronicle of urban music from the Caribbean to New York City /
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| Author / Creator: | Rondón, César Miguel. |
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| Uniform title: | Libro de la salsa. English |
| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171468 |
| Summary: | Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy Cesar Miguel Rondon's celebrated El libro de la salsa .<br> <br> <br> <br> Rondon tells the engaging story of salsa's roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, and of its emergence and development in the 1960s as a distinct musical movement in New York. Rondon presents salsa as a truly pan-Caribbean phenomenon, emerging in the migrations and interactions, the celebrations and conflicts that marked the region. Although salsa is rooted in urban culture, Rondon explains, it is also a commercial product produced and shaped by professional musicians, record producers, and the music industry. For this first English-language edition, Rondon has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present.<br> <br> |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Spanish: Caracas : Editorial Arte, 1980. Discography (p. [309]-312) and index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes discography (pages 309-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807886397 0807886394 9781469603803 1469603802 0807831298 9780807831298 0807858595 9780807858592 |