| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Caribbean studies series
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Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
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| Note |
Originally published: Waarom elf Antillianen knielden voor het hart van Chopin / Jan Brokken. Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, ©2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- 1. A Polish Prelude -- 2. You Can Tell Just by Listening, Can't You? -- 3. The Faintest Idea -- 4. Geniuses of the Right Hand -- 5. A Port of Transit -- 6. As Melancholic as a Sunset -- 7. Which One of the Three? -- 8. Oh My Sweet Darling, Spare Me -- 9. The Virtuoso Nomad -- 10. An Island of Defaulters -- 11. The Passion for a Great-Great-Grandfather -- 12. A Wrong Modulation -- 13. The Palms -- 14. Your Tempi! -- 15. Every Child Brings Its Own Bread -- 16. Celebratory and Elegiac Waltzes -- 17. Shon May and Shon Max -- 18. Sensuous Movement -- 19. Max and the Shark -- 20. The Rebels -- 21. The New Woman -- 22. Curfew -- 23. My Sister the Negress -- 24. Spy -- 25. Fifteen Hundred Out-of-tune Pianos -- 26. Music Everywhere -- 27. Chick Corea -- 28. Dirty Jim/Mighty Bomber -- 29. Mazurka Erotika -- 30. The Tumba Queen -- 31. End of an Era -- 32. Bal Colonial -- 33. The Pilgrimage -- 34. The Trade Wind in My Ears -- 35. The Bastard Son -- Glossary -- Sources and Bibliography -- Discography -- Index. |
| Summary |
An exploration of an overlooked Caribbean musical tradition and the European, African and New World influences that created it. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- Netherlands Antilles -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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Netherlands Antilles. |
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General. |
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International. |
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical. |
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MUSIC -- Reference. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Rollins, Scott, 1952- translator.
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| Added Title |
Waarom elf Antillianen knielden voor het hart van Chopin. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014025135
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brokken, Jan, 1949- Waarom elf Antillianen knielden voor het hart van Chopin. English. Music of the Netherlands Antilles. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015] 9781628461855 (DLC) 2014017809 (OCoLC)878837946 |
| ISBN |
9781628461862 (electronic book) |
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1628461861 (electronic book) |
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9781626740914 (electronic book) |
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1626740917 (electronic book) |
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1628461853 |
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9781628461855 |
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9781628461855 (hardback) |
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