Music in Latin America and the Caribbean : An Encyclopedic History, Performing the Caribbean Experience

Acknowledgments xi The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory 1(8) Derek Walcott The Caribbean: A Reflective Overview 9(8) Malena Kuss Hazel Campbell Music in the Life of Africans and Their Descendants in the New World 17(12) Argeliers Leon Oral Traditions of Cuba 29(26) Carmen Maria Saenz Coopat Maria Elena Vinueza The Religious System of Ocha-Ifa 55(10) Juan Mesa Diaz Music in Festive Celebrations of the Regla de Ocha 65(6) Maria Elena Vinueza Guiros and Bata Drums: Two Instrumental Groups of Cuban Santeria 71(26) Victoria Eli Rodriguez The Comparsa in Cuba 97(12) Argeliers Leon Maria Teresa Linares The Chinese Presence in Cuba 109(14) Maria Teresa Linares Cuba: A Quasi-Historical Sketch 123(28) Malena Kuss Puerto Rico 151(38) Malena Kuss Oral Musical Traditions of the Dominican Republic 189(28) Martha Ellen Davis The Dominican Republic 217(20) Martha Ellen Davis Haitian Vodou and Its Music 237(14) Gerdes Fleurant Haiti 251(14) Gerdes Fleurant Haitian Traditions in Cuba 265(16) Zobeyda Ramos Venereo Martinique 281(30) Dominique Cyrille Malena Kuss Julian Gerstin Retention of African Concepts of Music in Jamaica 311(10) Olive Lewin Jamaica 321(24) Olive Lewin Barbados 345(14) Trevor G. Marshall Elizabeth F. Watson The Bahamas 359(18) Veronica Ingraham St. Lucia 377(10) Jocelyne Guilbault Embert Charles St. Kitts and Nevis 387(30) Jacqueline Cramer-Armony Joan Robinson Victoria Borg O'Flaherty Fidel O'Flaherty East Indians in Trinidad, Guyana, and Suriname 417(8) Peter Manuel Steelband in Trinidad and Tobago, or, Trinidad Steelband 425(6) Scofield Pilgrim Musical Traditions in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao 431(14) Jos Gansemans A Life Story from Curacao 445(6) Rose Mary Allen The Netherlands Antilles: A Historical Sketch 451(12) Malena Kuss Drumming for San Juan in Barlovento and Beyond: African-Venezuelan Percussion Ensembles 463(10) Max H. Brandt Cumbia: A Dance from Colombia's Caribbean Coast 473(10) Susana Friedmann Index 483(42) Contributors 525(6) Recorded Examples 531