Versatility in the Caribbean Music- Spanish

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In the blog we will be exploring versatility in the Spanish speaking aspect of the Caribbean so come on  vamonos .  

To start off we can see versatility in full effect in the musician  Laureano Fuentes Matons. This Cuban composer was born July 3rd 1825 and died September 30th 1898. His skill and diversity can be observed though his many chamber works, sacred pieces, a symphonic poem América, an opera, Seila and several zarzuelas. 

 retrieved from: https://www.ecured.cu/Laureno_Fuentes_Matons

Although this song is sung by a different artist. This song was transcribed by Laurean Fuentes Matons himself, in his book "Las artes en Santiago de Cuba", published 1893

Another way versatility can be observed  is through instruments used in percussions. Gourds that are a very common used for eating is used  as a make shift instrument, like maracas, if that's not diversity I don't know what is. These dried up vegetables produce sounds combined with other instruments to enhance the musical experience. 

 

 retrieved from:https://www.carvedculture.com/blogs/articles/what-is-a-gourd

In this video we can see how these vegetables are used in a creative way. This shows clearly that they can be use for other purposes. 

Can you think another way to use gourds vegetables outside of food or an instrument?

Well that's all folks!!

See you next time ;)

References

Béhague Gerard, Moore Robin, Grove Music Online Cuba, Republic of (Sp. República de Cuba) (2001)

https://ubmoodle.ub.edu.bs/pluginfile.php/397065/mod_resource/content/2/Cuba%20Grove%20Music.pdf

https://peoplepill.com/people/laureano-fuentes/bibliography/ 

https://www.elchago.com/2020/10/05/la-ma-teodora-el-primer-son-de-la-historia-compuesto-en-santiago-de-cuba/