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An Orchestral Percussionist's Guide To Instruments Of The Caribbean, Lucas Brust
An Orchestral Percussionist's Guide To Instruments Of The Caribbean, Lucas Brust
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Sparked by the introduction of Janissary percussion into the works of the First Viennese School, composers have been steadily expanding the musical responsibilities and tonal palette of the orchestral percussion section. Most institutions of higher education extensively address the traditional orchestral percussion instruments and only relatively recently have these institutions begun incorporating the more “exotic” percussion instruments from various indigenous musical traditions. With the resources and proposed performance practices suggested in this document, orchestral percussionists can gain the knowledge and familiarity to identify the instruments by name and construction, demonstrate fluency in technique and sound production, and display basic understanding …
Salsa For Everyone!, The University Of Maine Department Of Music
Salsa For Everyone!, The University Of Maine Department Of Music
Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series
Bobby Porcelli and his Afro Latin Jazz Group featuring members of the Arturo O'Farrill Orchestra play a concert and hold several classes related to music performance and dance on the UMaine campus.
Gender Politics In Caribbean Popular Music: Consumer Perspectives And Academic Interpretation, Peter L. Manuel
Gender Politics In Caribbean Popular Music: Consumer Perspectives And Academic Interpretation, Peter L. Manuel
Publications and Research
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Improvisation In Latin Dance Music: History And Style, Peter L. Manuel
Improvisation In Latin Dance Music: History And Style, Peter L. Manuel
Publications and Research
Latin dance music constitutes one of the most dynamic and sophisticated urban popular music traditions in the Americas. Improvisation plays an important role in this set of genres, and its styles are sufficiently distinctive, complex, and internally significant as to merit book-length treatment along the lines of Paul Berliner's volume Thinking in Jazz (1994). To date, however, the subject of Latin improvisation has received only marginal and cursory analytical treatment, primarily in recent pedagogical guidebooks and videos. While a single chapter such as this can hardly do justice to the subject, an attempt will be made here to sketch some …
Representations Of New York City In Latin Music, Peter L. Manuel
Representations Of New York City In Latin Music, Peter L. Manuel
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Puerto Rican Music And Cultural Identity: Creative Appropriation Of Cuban Sources From Danza To Salsa, Peter L. Manuel
Puerto Rican Music And Cultural Identity: Creative Appropriation Of Cuban Sources From Danza To Salsa, Peter L. Manuel
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No abstract provided.