Maynard_MUSI322

The textbook ' Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of the Caribbean ' outlines a few examples of creolization in Dutch Caribbean music.  A highlighted example in the book is the Antillean waltz from Curacao. This was evolved from the European, Viennese and Spanish waltzes which formed a unique combination of traditional waltz and Caribbean syncopation. The authors Gangelhoff and LeGrand described this creole metamorphosis in great detail. Domestic workers on the island demonstrated the music at dance parties for the Dutch, European and many other communities. They did this using ka'i orgel along with the wiri instrument which resulted the Antillean waltz. Here is a photo of renowned Curacaoan composer and pianist Wim Statius Muller who works are well known in Antillean dances. Photo taken from:  https://korsoutadushi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/WimStatiusMuller2.jpg Here is a video of the previous mentioned performing a work known as "Nostalgia". In this video you...

In this blog I will be examining French Caribbean Music. The textbook 'Tour de Force: A Musical Journey of The Caribbean' examples of said examining. One example the book had a meringue musical style from Haiti. This musical style came from a cohesion of contradanse music from European ballrooms with African-derived music. Typical instruments in the meringue form are the tanbou, congas, saxophone, trumpets, guitars, trombones and bass. According to the text. the authors stated that instruments like the violin, piano and flute are also apart of the meringue musical style. Here is a photo of a Haitian group who sang in the meringue style. picture taken from:  https://img.discogs.com/6ycPASKjYYgAvR9 This video is an example of Haitian meringue and voodoo music. Video taken from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYVvzpeaOBo Another example from the text is biguine music which originated from Martinique. Biguine is a combination of Bele music and French ballroom music with a ...