Beschreibung:
Contending that the music is not a knowable entity but a spectrum of dynamic practices that elude definition, Alexandra T. Vazquez models a new way of writing about music and the meanings assigned to it.
Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 11. Performing Anthology: The Mystical Qualities of Alfredo Rodríguez's Cuba Linda 432. "Una Escuela Rara": The Graciela School 933. Itinerant Outbursts: The Grunt of Dámaso Pérez Prado 1314. Visual Arrangements, Sonic Impressions: The Cuban Musical Documentaries of Rogelio París and Sara Gómez 1655. Cold War Kids In Concert 203Notes 235Bibliography 301Index 319