Creole Dances

SKU: BT.DHP-1135398-215

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

The hot tropical climate of the Caribbean makes these islands a wonderful place to be. The population is of largely African ancestry, together with people of European and Amerindian origin. The community is proud of the local Creole culture that gave rise to a musical style characteristic of these wonderful islands.This small Caribbean Cocktail includes three different dances:- A traditional calypso with vibrant rhythms driving a typically Caribbean melody;- A quieter beguine, featuring warmer and tranquil sounds;- A merengue with a strong sense of exuberance and joie de vivre is easy to hear.This popular composition captures in music the feelings of a communitywhere life’s joys are all-important. Caribbean Cocktail is a light-hearted piece that is ideally suited to youth bancs and ensembles with an incomplete or imbalanced instrumentation.

Op de eilanden in het Caribisch gebied heerst een aangenaam warm, tropisch klimaat. De meeste bewoners zijn er van Afrikaanse afkomst, maar er wonen ook mensen van Europese en indiaanse origine. De gemeenschap is trots op haar creoolse cultuur, waaruit een muziekstijl is voortgekomen die typerend is voor deze prachtige eilanden.Caribbean Cocktail omvat drie verschillende dansen:- een traditionele calypso met levendige ritmes en een typisch Caribische melodie;- een rustige beguine waarin warmere en serenere klanken naar voren komen;- een merengue in een uitbundige sfeer en met een grote joi de vivre.Deze temperamentvolle compositie weerspiegelt het muzikale gevoelvan een gemeenschap waarin men veel belang hecht aan een vreugdevol, ongecompliceerd leven. Caribbean Cocktail is een luchthartig werk dat ideaal is voor jeugdorkesten en -ensembles met een onvolledige of onevenwichtige bezetting.

Die Karibik ist eine vom heißen Tropenklima verwöhnte Inselkette. Die Einwohner sind schwarzafrikanischer Herkunft, mehr oder weniger gemischt mit Europäern und amerikanischen Ureinwohnern. Diese Gemeinschaft ist stolz auf ihre kreolische Kultur, aus der ein charakteristischer und auf diesen wunderbaren Inseln einzigartiger Musikstil entstanden ist.Dieser kleine Karibische Cocktail“ umfasst drei unterschiedliche Tänze:- einen traditionellen Calypso mit pulsierenden Rhythmen, die eine typisch karibische Melodie vorantreiben;- eine ruhigere Beguine mit wärmeren, ruhigeren Klängen;- ein Merengue, in dem eine überschwängliche Atmosphäre und Lebensfreude vorherrschen.Dieseunterhaltsame Komposition bringt musikalisch die Gefühle einer Gemeinschaft zum Ausdruck, in der Lebensfreude und Gelassenheit ganz hoch angesiedelt sind. Caribbean Cocktail ist ein unbeschwertes Stück, das sich ideal für Jugendblasorchester und Ensembles mit unvollständiger oder unausgewogener Besetzung eignet.

Les Cara bes sont un ensemble d’îles où le chaud climat tropical est agréable. La population est d’origine noire africaine plus ou moins métissée d’Européens et d’Améridiens. Cette communauté se revendique d’une culture créole qui met en évidence une musique propre cette magnifique région.Ce petit Caribbean Cocktail se compose de 3 danses distinctes :- Un Calypso traditionnel dont les rythmes chaleureux soutiennent une mélodie typiquement antillaise.- Une Beguine plus calme aux sonorités plus chaudes et sereines.- Un Merengue où l’enthousiasme et la joie de vivre sont les éléments mis en évidence.Cette composition populaire exprime les sentiments musicaux d’une population où lajoie de vivre dans la sérénité est primordiale. Caribbean Cocktail est une pièce lumineuse parfaitement adaptée aux formations de jeunes instrumentistes et aux formations confrontées un déséquilibre des pupitres.

SKU: CA.336590

ISBN 9790007244064. Language: Spanish. Text: Carreto, Rosa.

This song is a graceful and refi ned Mexican Danzon full of humor. The 'Danzón' is a rhythm of Cuban origin, but since the early 20th century it developed deep roots in Mexico and is also considered part of the popular culture of that country. The 'Danzón' was created by the Cuban composer Miguel Faílde (born ca. 1879), and it is derived from the European 'Contradanza' (see under Aniceto Rondón) which was infl uenced by African traditions and became known the Creole Cuban Dance or Habanera. It is a sen sual, expressive and syncopated dance. Usually accompanied by fl ute, timbales, guiro, claves and piano. Other dances, such as the the 'Cuban Son,' 'Chachachá' and 'Mambo' originated from the 'Danzón.'.

SKU: PR.701185010

UPC: 888680101275.

“The idea of writing the Danzón No.2 originated in 1993 during a trip to Malinalco with the painter Andrés Fonseca and the dancer Irene Martínez, both of whom are experts in salon dances with a special passion for the danzón, which they were able to transmit to me from the beginning, and also during later trips to Veracruz and visits to the Colonia Salon in Mexico City. From these experiences onward, I started to learn the danzón’s rhythms, its form, its melodic outline, and to listen to the old recordings by Acerina and his Danzonera Orchestra. I was fascinated and I started to understand that the apparent lightness of the danzón is only like a visiting card for a type of music full of sensuality and qualitative seriousness, a genre which old Mexican people continue to dance with a touch of nostalgia and a jubilant escape towards their own emotional world; we can fortunately still see this in the embrace between music and dance that occurs in the State of Veracruz and in the dance parlors of Mexico City. The Danzón No.2 is a tribute to the environment that nourishes the genre. It endeavors to get as close as possible to the dance, to its nostalgic melodies, to its wild rhythms, and although it violates its intimacy, its form and its harmonic language, it is a very personal way of paying my respects and expressing my emotions towards truly popular music. Danzón No.2 was written on a commission by the Department of Musical Activities at Mexico’s National Autonomous University and is dedicated to my daughter Lily.” -- Arturo Marquez About the danzon genre, Lidice Valenzuela writes in Cubanow: The history of the danzon goes back to the arrival in Cuba of the European contradance. It came in three different ways: directly from Spain, the colonial metropolis; with the British, who occupied Havana in 1762; and the French colonizers and their slaves who landed in Cuba's Eastern shores after fleeing from the Haitian Revolution. From all of that trans-cultural process the Danzon was born. This new Cuban dance, naturalized by the Creoles, had much more expressive freedom: the couple danced in each other's arms, and the dancing time was extended. People began calling it Danzon and it was in Matanzas, in the 1870s that figure dancing also began to be called Danzon. Thus, Failde, an outstanding musician, named his composition with the generic name of Danzon..