Item Detail
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Figueroa, Frank M.
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Encyclopedia of Latin American music in New York
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Book
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St. Petersburg, Fla.
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c1994
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Pillar Publications
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xiii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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096432010X
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Hispanic Americans--New York (State)--New York--Music--Encyclopedias.
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Musical Terms; Musicians; Musical Forms; Musical Instruments; Latin America; New York
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ML 101 .U6 F54 1994
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Figueroa, Frank M. Encyclopedia of Latin American Music in New York. St. Petersburg, Florida: Pillar Publications, 1994.
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An encyclopedia of musicians, terms, musical forms, and instruments related to the Latin American music scene in New York City.
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Entries include Latin American musicians who established residence in New York City or who had significant impact on the New York Latin music scene.
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Begins with a section that gives an overview of the history of Latin American music in New York emphasizing the appearance and evolution of various Latin dances and song forms. The body of entries follows. Entries are listed alphabetically and include brief biographical information, major hits written or recorded by the artist, and figures who collaborated frequently with the artist. The appendices include a section that lists artists for whom biographical information was not available, a select discography of Latin American music in New York, and an index.
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The author was a DJ, a Spanish language educator, and a leader of a Latin band for some years, and knew the music scene in New York intimately. As a result his selection of entries is very comprehensive.
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The author is not a professionally trained musician, and the entries are sometimes unclear in their definition or description of musical forms. Oral histories, a major reference source for the work, sometimes result in conflicting or inaccurate information in the entries.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3181