Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and discography (pages 211-237).
Contents
Ritual music -- Comparsas and congas : the "carnival" celebrations -- The rumba -- Punto and tonadas of the rural regions -- The danzón : pre-history and posterity from the quadrille to the cha-cha-cha -- Song : trova, boléro, feeling -- The son -- Music since the Revolution -- By way of a provisional epilogue : Buena Vista Social Club or timba cubana?