Rites of Rhythm: The Music of Cuba

By Jory Farr

In the weeks just before carnival, a kind of fevered delirium seizes Santiago. Massive papier-mâché figures known as muñecones must be readied, masks made, costumes and capes created with feathers,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060090308
• ISBN13: 9780060090302
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining and erudite!

Jorry Farr writes with panache and shares his deep knowledge about Cuban culture and music in this entertaining book. Anyone interested in understanding the evolution and synthesis of the various Cuban musical genres will find this to be an valuable addition to their library. The appendix also contains a comprehensive discography, including some rare works.

A Cuban Musical Tour from a Human Perspective

In Rites of Rhythm, Jory Farr captures the relationship between Cuba's music and its reality--from the spiritual to the socio-economic and the political. His book is highly readable and informative. He openly shares his journey through the Cuban music world (both inside Cuba and beyond its borders), interviewing Cuban musicians about their art, their lives and their spiritual roots in Afrocuban music. He expresses the ecstatic side of the music in print, the suffering of the Cuban people, and the psychological effects of living in Cuba since the revolution. For anyone planning to travel to Cuba or wanting to understand its music, I highly recommend this book.

Fantastic

Beautifully written and superbly insightful. A must read for anyone interested in Cuban music or culture.