Listening in Detail: Performances of Cuban Music

352 Pages·2013·1.989 MB·English

by  Alexandra T. Vazquez

Listening in Detail
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Refiguring American Music
A series edited by Ronald Radano and Josh Kun
Charles McGovern, contributing editor
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Listening in Detail
Performances of Cuban Music
Alexandra T. Vazquez
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© 2013 Duke University Press
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Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Vazquez, Alexandra T., 1976–
Listening in detail : performances of Cuban music /
Alexandra T. Vazquez.
pages cm.—(Refguring American music)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8223-5455-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn 978-0-8223-5458-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Music—Cuba—History and criticism.
2. Music—Performance—Cuba.
I. Title. II. Series: Refguring American music.
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Contents
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
One Performing Anthology:
The Mystical Qualities of
Alfredo Rodríguez’s Cuba Linda 43
Two “Una Escuela Rara”:
The Graciela School 93
Three Itinerant Outbursts:
The Grunt of Dámaso Pérez Prado 131
Four Visual Arrangements, Sonic Impressions:
The Cuban Musical Documentaries of
Rogelio París and Sara Gómez 165
Five Cold War Kids in Concert 203
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Illustrations
Fig. Intro.1 Ignacio Villa “Bola de Nieve,” Bola de Nieve con
su piano 3
F ig. Intro.2 Olga Guillot, Añorando el Caribe 24
Fig. 1.1 Yosvany Terry with saxophone 44
Fig. 1.2 Alfredo Rodríguez as a Child 48
Fig. 1.3 Rodríguez’s parents, Esteban Rodríguez and
Julia María Acon 48
Fig. 1.4 Alfredo Rodríguez 49
Fig. 1.5 “The Wonder Bar” revue program — side A 69
Fig. 1.6 “The Wonder Bar” revue program — side B 69
Fig. 1.7 Promotional handbill for “Tropical Revue” 72
Fig. 1.8 Cover of Cuba Linda 77
Fig. 1.9 Michelle “Miké” Charroppin with Patato Valdés 86
Fig. 1.10 Alfredo Rodríguez at the piano 92
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