Fernando Ortiz on Music: Selected Writing on Afro-Cuban Culture (Studies In Latin America & Car)

Synopsis

Part I. Early Writings -- The Future Of Cuban Witchcraft -- Afro-cuban Cabildos -- Part Ii. Instrument Essays -- Makuta -- Arará Drums -- The Chekeré, Ágbe, Or Aggüé -- The Conga -- Part Iii. Ethnographic Essays -- Kongo Traditions -- The Religious Music Of Black Cuban Yorubas -- The Tragedy Of The Ñáñigos -- Satirical And Commercial Song. Edited And With An Introduction By Robin D. Moore. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.