Book of Salsa A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City

Name: Book of Salsa A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City
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ISBN: 9780807858592

ISBN-10: 0807858595

ISBN-13: 9780807858592

Edition: 2008

Authors: Cï¿½sar Miguel Rondï¿½n, Cï¿½sar Miguel Rondï¿½n, Jackie White

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Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music—and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy Csar Miguel Rondn's celebrated El libro de la salsa. Rondn tells the engaging story of salsa's roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, and of its emergence and development in the 1960s as a distinct musical movement in New York. Rondn presents salsa as a truly…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/10/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.066
Language: English

Contents Translator's Note Chapter 1. Salsa Zero: The 1950s Chapter 2. The 1960s Chapter 3. Salsa's the Thing Chapter 4. The New York Sound Chapter 5. Our (Latin) Thing Chapter 6. The Thing in Montuno Chapter 7. The Boom Chapter 8. Another Thing Chapter 9. All of the Salsas Basic Discography Index