A Brief Survey into Caribbean Music
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 ...