Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe retains more than its colonial and cultural roots from France. It has been an Overseas Department of that country since 1946. Many of the art-musical styles of Guadeloupe are derived from the ballroom and couple-dance traditions of old, reinvented in a creole tradition: quadrilles, waltze...

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Main Authors: Gangelhoff, Christine, LeGrand, Cathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Bahamas 2011-10-01
Series:International Journal of Bahamian Studies
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Online Access:http://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/151/181