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Search - Oh Cuba hermosa Vol. 1: El Cancionero politico social en Cuba hasta 1958 (Volume 1) (Spanish Edition)

Oh Cuba hermosa Vol 1 El Cancionero politico social en Cuba hasta 1958 - Volume 1 - Spanish Edition
Author: Cristobal Diaz Ayala

Desde los primitivos habitantes de Cuba, los indios taínos, los cubanos han usado el canto y baile para preservar la historia y tradiciones de su pueblo. Toda la historia del país se puede seguir a través de los textos de sus canciones. Esta obra en dos volúmenes hace un recuento del uso de la canción en Cuba para criticar costumbres sociales... more » y realidades políticas. Éstas sirvieron para protestar del dominio español, de la ocupación norteamericana, de los malos gobernantes que robaban o tiranizaban al pueblo; a veces en tono colérico, otras con humorismo, la canción en Cuba ha sido el vehículo de comunicación de los analfabetos, y el idioma casi secreto de los conspiradores. Temas como el discrimen racial, el abuso a la mujer, la creación del mito de la mulata cubana como ideal de belleza femenina, la exaltación de la belleza de la campiña cubana, o el estado pobre de la misma por su descuidada explotación, todo pasa diluido en el poderoso cocktail de su música. Las orquestas que no tenían medios para anunciarse, aprendieron a hacerlo en los mismos discos que grababan, hablando de los instrumentos y de los géneros típicos de la música cubana. El libro también habla de compositores que arriesgaron su vida escribiendo canciones en contra de gobernantes despóticos, y cantantes que desde el escenario, o grabándolas, corrían también el peligro de sufrir persecución por cantarlas. Además, muchas canciones se hicieron depositarias de palabras y dichos que el pueblo inventaba y que no aparecen en los diccionarios. El autor, Cristóbal Díaz Ayala, escuchó durante años miles de canciones cubanas para escoger las idóneas a este libro que las conserva para la posteridad, a través de la letra de cientos de canciones que aparecen en la misma. From its first inhabitants, the taíno Indians, Cubans have used songs and dances to preserve the history and traditions of their nation. All the history of the country can be followed through the words of its songs. Written in Spanish, this two volume work takes us through the use of songs to criticize social customs and political realities in Cuba. These songs served to protest the Spanish dominion, the US occupation, bad governments that plundered or tyrannized the nation. Sometimes in angry tones, others using humor, songs in Cuba have been the vehicle of communication of the illiterate, and the almost secret language of the conspirators. Topics such as racial discrimination, the abuse of women, the creation of the myth of the Cuban mulata as the ideal of feminine beauty, the exaltation of the Cuban countryside or its deplorable state due to careless exploitation, all this comes through diluted in the powerful cocktail of its music. Orchestras that had no means to advertise, learned to do so in the same songs that they recorded, mentioning also the instruments and genres typical in Cuban music. The book also mentions composers who risked their lives writing songs against despotic rulers, and performers who by singing them on stage, or in recordings, also put themselves in danger of persecution. In addition, many of these songs became depositories of words and expressions that the people invented and do not appear in dictionaries. During many years, the author listened to thousands of Cuban songs to choose the ideal ones for this book, which conserves them for posterity through the lyrics of hundreds of songs included in it.

ISBN-13: 9781479145133
ISBN-10: 1479145130
Publication Date: 8/24/2012
Pages: 486
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
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