Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Guadeloupe

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v17i1.151

Keywords:

music

Abstract

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, waltzes, biguines and mazurkas (Gerstin, 2007-2011). Two of the most influential and consumed popular music genres are gwoka and compas. The Festival Internationale Saint-Georges, held annually since 2010, was created to celebrate the music of Saint-Georges, to promote artists of colour and to perform classical music written by composers of African descent, though the main focus of the festival is classical music.

Author Biographies

Christine Gangelhoff, The College of The Bahamas

Assistant Professor Department of Music School of Communications and Creative Arts

Cathleen LeGrand, Royal Thimphu College

Librarian

References

Durkopp, R. (2005). Music and identity politics in Terre-de-Bas, Guadeloupe [Unpublished B.A. thesis]. University of Pittsburgh. http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04272009-162729/unrestricted/ETD_Durkopp.pdf

Gerstin, J. (2007-2011). Martinique and Guadeloupe. Grove Music Online / Oxford Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com

Guadeloupe. (2005). In Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. http://www.credoreference.com/entry/contpmwl/guadeloupe.

Halley, J. C. (2008, March 12). Comme disait le bon Roi Henri : Paris vaut bien un « S »! Guadeloupe attitude. http://halleyjc.blog.lemonde.fr/2008/03/12/comme-disait-le-bon-roi-henri-paris-vaut-bien-un-s/

Published

2011-07-19

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Section

Caribbean Art Music Bibliography