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 12th March 2022 Music in Dutch Caribbean  Antillean waltz is an example of creolization from Curacao. According to Gangelhoff and LeGrand (2019) the music: is characterized by a mixture of European, African, and Caribbean influences is a fusion of music that came from Venezuela, Cuba, and Puerto Rico is featured from The house and dance parties of the Curaçaoan elite generally featured European salon and dance music, waltzes in particular in the form of The wiri added unique local syncopated rhythms to the imported waltzes and mazurkas recorded on the ka'i òrgel cylinders (Ganglehoff, & LeGrand, 2019). Here's an example of a local Curacao pianist from the Netherlands: Mr. Edmond Chatlein  The photo was taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBRuQ2685YY Here's a video of Mr. Chatlein playing Curacao Waltz Video is taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBRuQ2685YY In the video above, what to pay attention to is the use of the bass, cuatro, guitar, the v...

5th March 2022 Professor Gangelhoff  As noted earlier in this blog, creolization is the mixing or blending of cultures to form something new; this can be in music, dance, food, etc. In Tour de Force, chapter 2 focuses on French Caribbean music in countries such as Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique; and this blog will focus on examples of creolization used in French Caribbean music. One example of creolization in Haiti is the Haitian méringue. According to Gangelhoff and LeGrand (2019) is a creolized version of contradance music with the dance music of enslaved Africans. Instruments associated with méringue are a  lute, guitar, horn section, tanbou, piano. The piano, violin, and flute are played in cosmopolitan settings (Gangelhoff & LeGrand, 2019). The picture below was taken in Haiti and it shows a cultural Haitian group dancing and singing to meringue, in Havana Cuba.  photo taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLdngKn23s Here's a video clip showing th...

5th February 2022 Professor: Dr. Christine Gangelhoff  Chapter One  Creolization in the English Caribbean   Earlier in this blog, I explored the theme of creolization in the book Tour de Force , and how throughout this blog, that theme will be more explored within the context of the Caribbean. Chapter 1 of Tour de Force surveys music in 4 main Caribbean Islands: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands, and The Bahamas. One example of creolization used in chapter 1, is Calypso, a musical genre mostly related to Trinidad and Tobago. According to Tour de Force, the authors describe Calypso as a “mix of French Caribbean, European, African, and possibly Venezuelan music” (Gangelhoff & LeGrand, p. 72, 2019) . According to Gangelhoff and Legrand, the lyrics of Calypso songs speak about social, controversial, and political issues that are in the form of “satirical or humorous form” (p. 72). Here's an image of Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis , known as Cal...

  Instructor: Dr. Christine Gangelhoff Introduction: Creolization in Caribbean Music            Tour de force,  a musical journey of the Caribbean textbook, canvasses three essential topics: creolization, mentorship, and the model of versatility. This blog will focus on the concept of creolization and how creolization has shaped Caribbean countries forever.  Tour de force  defines creolization as a blending or "intermixing of musical traditions brought to the region through migration: African, European and East Asian" (Gangelhoff & LeGrand, p. 6, 2019). The blending or intermixing of musical traditions also is seen in languages, foods, dance, and it overall forms the culture of the Caribbean. In the book, it was noted that some of the creole languages that Caribbean countries speak were languages brought on to the country from their colonizers. Gangelhoff and LeGrand (2019) pointed out that some of the languages that are native ...