Art Music by Caribbean Composers: Bahamas
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https://doi.org/10.15362/ijbs.v17i1.150Keywords:
Music,Abstract
The cultural identity of the Bahamas owes much to its West African and British colonial heritages and to its physical proximity to the United States. A combination of African and European elements - rhyming spirituals, anthems, rushin' music at watch-night services, wake and setting-up songs; ringplays, fire dance, jump-in-dance, quadrille music (rake-‘n’-scrape music), goombay, and junkanoo - can be seen in musical traditions throughout the Caribbean, including art music.References
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2011-07-19
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Caribbean Art Music Bibliography
