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In 1946, the famous Cuban writer, art critic and musicologist Alejo Carpentier (b. 104) established a benchmark with his work “La música en Cuba” (1946), an attempt to put together a comprehensive history of Cuban music from the 16th century until his time. Although the work presented as facts some controversial historical issues, such as ...
Founded in 1942 under the guidance of José Ardévol (1911–1981), a Catalan composer established in Cuba since 1930, the "Grupo de Renovación Musical" served as a platform for a group of young composers to develop a proactive movement with the purpose of improving and literally renovating the quality of the Cuban musical environment. During ...
Characters on stages began to include elements from Cuban life, and the music began to reflect a fusion between African and European contributions. Recorded music was to be the conduit for Cuban music to reach the world. The most recorded artist in Cuba up to 1925 was a singer at the Alhambra, [1] Adolfo Colombo. Records show he recorded about ...
The excavators claim to have found a "Level 0" at Troy near the entrance of Troy-II with the new level pushing the city's history back 600 years. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Since 2016 the University of Amsterdam has conducted a project to examine the 150-year history of excavation at the site.
Although the history of Cuban music dates back to the 16th century, the son is a relatively recent musical invention whose precursors emerged in the mid-to-late 19th century. Historically, most musicologists have supported the hypothesis that the direct ancestors (or earliest forms) of the son appeared in Cuba's Oriente Province , particularly ...
There is documentation during the 18th century about the utilization of the violin in the musical activity of the Island. Alejo Carpentier mentions in his book "La Música en Cuba" the existence of a family composed by musicians that established their residence in the city of Santiago de Cuba, about the first half of the century. [2]
Arenas, a Cuban-born poet, was suffering from AIDS and working to finish his memoir, Before Night Falls, when he died by suicide in ... Jorge Martín's Cuban-themed opera turns a writer's ...
The roots of most Afro-Cuban musical forms lie in the cabildos, self-organized social clubs for the African slaves, and separate cabildos for separate cultures. The cabildos were formed mainly from four groups: the Yoruba (the Lucumi in Cuba); the Congolese (Palo in Cuba); Dahomey (the Fon or Arará). Other cultures were undoubtedly present ...