Fernando Ortiz on music : selected writing on Afro-Cuban culture /

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Author / Creator:Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969, author.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:ix, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music
Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11436074
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Other authors / contributors:Moore, Robin D., 1964- editor.
ISBN:9781439911730
1439911738
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Online version: Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969, author. Fernando Ortiz on music Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2018 9781439911754
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Early Writings
  • 1. The Future of Cuban Witchcraft
  • 2. Afro-Cuban Cabildos
  • Part II. Instrument Essays
  • 3. Makuta
  • 4. Arará Drums
  • 5. The Chekeré, Ágbe, or Aggüé
  • 6. The Conga
  • Part III. Ethnographic Essays
  • 7. Kongo Traditions
  • 8. The Religious Music of Black Cuban Yorubas
  • 9. The "Tragedy" of the Ñáñigos
  • 10. Satirical and Commercial Song
  • Appendix
  • Selected Publications by Fernando Ortiz on Afro-Cuban Music and Cultural History
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index