Music in Dutch Caribbean
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...