Music and Revolution: Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (Music of the African Diaspora)

367 Pages·2006·2.08 MB·English

by  Robin D. Moore

Music and Revolution
music of the african diaspora
Edited by Samuel A.Floyd,Jr.,and Rae Linda Brown
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Music and Revolution
Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba
robin d. moore
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Moore,Robin,1964–.
Music and revolution :cultural change in socialist Cuba / Robin D.
Moore.
p. cm.— (Music of the African diaspora)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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1.Music—Political aspects—Cuba. 2.Music—Cuba—20th
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Qué rumbo al futuro más infortunado
qué nueva frontera hemos violado
qué camino más estrecho andamos
cuánto corazón juntamos
gerardo alfonso,“Amiga mía”

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Introduction:Music and the Arts in Socialist Cuba 1
1. Revelry and Revolution:The Paradox of the 1950s 26
2. Music and Social Change in the First Years 56
3. Artistic Institutions,Initiatives,and Policies 80
4. Dance Music and the Politics of Fun 107
5. Transformations in Nueva Trova 135
6. Afro-Cuban Folklore in a Raceless Society 170
7. Ay,Dios Ampárame:Sacred Music and Revolution 197
8. Music and Ideological Crisis 225
Conclusion:Musical Politics into the New
Millennium 251
Appendix:Publications on Music from
Revolutionary Cuba 265
Notes 275
Glossary 307
Works Cited 317
Index 341

Illustrations
figures
1. “Venceremos” 9
2. “Himno de la Demajagua” 14
3. Impoverished La Timba neighborhood,1951 31
4. Floor show in the Cabaret Montmartre 43
5. Carlos Puebla y sus Tradicionales 59
6. Striking workers protest the closure of casinos 62
7. Revolutionary cultural leaders 84
8. Amateurs’ festival announcement 87
9. Students at the National School of Art,1964 96
10. Los Van Van 114
11. Irakere 117
12. Liena Hernández Senteno and Bamboleo 128
13. Pablo Milanés 144
14. Silvio Rodríguez 146
15. Gema Corredera and Pável Urkiza 165
16. Pacho Alonso y sus Bocucos 180
17. Pello el Afrokán and ensemble 183
18. Rumba performance in the Callejón de Hamel 192
19. Amateur folklore ensemble Isupo Irawó 206
20. The Conjunto Folklórico Nacional 216
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