Description: "This groundbreaking study is the first to explore the violâin ceremony in detail. It is for students, scholars, and general readers interested in ethnomusicology, Latin American history, Black studies, religious studies, and cultural anthropology"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Robin D. Moore is Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the editor and co-author of Music and Revolution. Cultural Change in Socialist Cuba (2006), Musics of Latin America (2012), College Music Curricula for a New Century (2017), and Fernando Ortiz on Music (2018).
Review Quotes: 'In Violín, Robin Moore, the leading scholarly authority on Cuban music, provides a groundbreaking, readable, holistic, and rigorous exploration of the music of Cuban Espiritismo, illuminating the devotional practices of this widespread, ever-changing, and under-studied religion.' Peter Manuel, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York