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Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa

Author : Veronica Chambers
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142407798
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa written by Veronica Chambers and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-19 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows the flamboyant, larger-than-life Celia Cruz, the extraordinary salsa singer who passed away in 2003, leaving millions of fans brokenhearted. indeed, there was a magical vibrancy to the Cuban salsa singer. to hear her voice or to see her perform was to feel her life-affirming energy deep within you. relish the sizzling sights and sounds of her legacy in this glimpse into Celia’s childhood and her inspiring rise to worldwide fame and recognition as the Queen of salsa. Her inspirational life story is sure to sweeten your soul.

Who Was Celia Cruz?

Author : Pam Pollack
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593093879
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Who Was Celia Cruz? written by Pam Pollack and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a working-class girl from Cuba become a symbol of artistic freedom for Cuban Americans and the "Queen of Salsa"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting her career in 1950, Celia grew increasingly popular as the new lead singer of the Cuban band Sonora Matancera. Her exceptional vocal range and flashy costumes made fans fall in love with her. Celia's talent took her all around the world, including the United States. After Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, she wasn't allowed to return to her native country. She and other Cubans who were exiled used their music to express their love for their homeland. Celia rose to the top of the charts in a genre that was dominated by men. She become an award-winning singer and the most popular Latin artist of the twentieth century. Azucar! indeed!

Celia

Author : Celia Cruz
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060725559
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Celia written by Celia Cruz and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the authorized, posthumous autobiography of the Queen of Salsa's extraordinary--and until now, largely private--life.

My Name Is Celia (Me Llamo Celia)

Author : Monica Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780873588850
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (888 download)

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Download or read book My Name Is Celia (Me Llamo Celia) written by Monica Brown and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who Was Celia Cruz?: A Who Was? Board Book

Author : Lisbeth Kaiser
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593223624
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Book Synopsis Who Was Celia Cruz?: A Who Was? Board Book by : Lisbeth Kaiser

Download or read book Who Was Celia Cruz?: A Who Was? Board Book written by Lisbeth Kaiser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest addition to the Who HQ board book series: a biography of Celia Cruz, created specifically for the preschool audience! The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4. The chronology and themes of Celia Cruz's meaningful life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a read-aloud biographical summary in the back, this age-appropriate introduction honors and shares the life and songs of one of the most influential performers of our time. WHO WAS? BOARD BOOKS bring inspiring biographies to the youngest readers in an accessible and memorable way.

Oye, Celia!

Author : Katie Sciurba
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805074680
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Oye, Celia! written by Katie Sciurba and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and rhythmic text celebrate the life and music of singer Celia Cruz, as a young fan attends a neighborhood dance party and hears loss, happiness, Latin American culture, and more in her voice and lyrics. Includes translations of Spanish words used.

Presenting Celia Cruz

Author : Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781400082025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Presenting Celia Cruz written by Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte and published by Clarkson Potter Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knows as "The Queen of Salsa," Celia Cruz's influence went well beyond the dance floor and music studio, as her style, creativity and success established her not only as an innovative entertainer but also as an ambassador of Latino culture. She helped reinvent the sound of modern Latin music, with its tropical background and drumbeats that set-off swift, hip shaking, swirling and whirling dance moves for more than half a century. Published in the same month as Celia's birthday (October 21st) and Hispanic Heritage Month, her style and charisma are captured in more than 100 full-color photographs and anecdotes and essays from celebrity friends in Presenting Celia Cruz.

Azúcar!

Author : Eduardo Marceles
Publisher : Reed Press(NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Azúcar! written by Eduardo Marceles and published by Reed Press(NY). This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating biography on Celia Cruz--Queen of Salsa, political exile and humanitarian--begins with her recent funeral in New York, travels back to her modest origins in Havana, and reveals how fate intervened to bring her seductive voice to the attention of millions of adoring fans.

Tito Puente

Author : Jim Payne
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423413356
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Tito Puente written by Jim Payne and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Biography of the legendary Tito Puente and a brief history of Afro-Cuban/salsa music that he popularized throughout the world. A 2-hour DVD includes Tito discussing his incredible 50-year career as a band leader and the influence of other musicians from Cachao to Celia Cruz to Santana had on him. It also features Tito soloing on his legendary gold timbales. The book includes a discography and 50 archival photos.

Queens of Havana

Author : Alicia Castro
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802199100
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Queens of Havana written by Alicia Castro and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history” of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond (Publishers Weekly). In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was a time and place immortalized by Hemingway, and a macho mecca where only men took the stage. That is until Alicia Castro, a thirteen-year-old greengrocer’s daughter, picked up a saxophone and led her sisters into the limelight. With infectious melodies and saucy lyrics, the Sisters Castro—professionally known as Anacaona—became a dance-band of irresistible force. In her jubilant memoir, Queens of Havana, Alicia Castro tells of her incredible rise beyond her native city, to international stardom—swinging alongside legends from Dizzy Gillespie and Celia Cruz to Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. In an age that insisted women be seen and not heard, Alicia Castro and her unstoppable sisters grabbed the world by the ears and got it dancing to their beat. At eighty-seven-years old, Alicia’s stories are intoxicating and gloriously punctuated with more than 100 vintage photos, posters, and other memorabilia in a book that “reverberates with exotic echoes of a fabulous long-ago era” (Publishers Weekly).

Life on the Hyphen

Author : Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292735995
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Life on the Hyphen written by Gustavo Pérez Firmat and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With fascinating insights into how both ordinary and famous Cuban-Americans, including Desi Arnaz, Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Estefan, and José Kozer, have lived 'life on the hyphen', this is an expanded, updated edition of the classic, award-winning study of Cuban-American culture.

What Is the Story of Alice in Wonderland?

Author : Dana M. Rau
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524791768
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book What Is the Story of Alice in Wonderland? written by Dana M. Rau and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time. Find out how Alice in Wonderland became a children's classic. Published in 1865 by British author Lewis Carroll, this fantasy adventure story introduced the world to Alice and introduced Alice to some very strange but beloved creatures, including The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and The Queen of Hearts. This silly tale that started out as a collection of stories written for one little girl became so popular that even Queen Victoria, the British monarch, couldn't put it down! Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles L. Dodgson, went on to write several sequels and other books, but Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking-Glass are by far his most famous stories. Author Dana Meachen Rau takes readers through the book's history--from Carroll's initial inspiration--Alice Liddell--all the way to the movies, plays, and other adaptations that are entertaining fans today.

From Bananas to Buttocks

Author : Myra Mendible
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 029277849X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book From Bananas to Buttocks written by Myra Mendible and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the exuberant excesses of Carmen Miranda in the "tutti frutti hat" to the curvaceous posterior of Jennifer Lopez, the Latina body has long been a signifier of Latina/o identity in U.S. popular culture. But how does this stereotype of the exotic, erotic Latina "bombshell" relate, if at all, to real Latina women who represent a wide spectrum of ethnicities, national origins, cultures, and physical appearances? How are ideas about "Latinidad" imagined, challenged, and inscribed on Latina bodies? What racial, class, and other markers of identity do representations of the Latina body signal or reject? In this broadly interdisciplinary book, experts from the fields of Latina/o studies, media studies, communication, comparative literature, women's studies, and sociology come together to offer the first wide-ranging look at the construction and representation of Latina identity in U.S. popular culture. The authors consider such popular figures as actresses Lupe Vélez, Salma Hayek, and Jennifer Lopez; singers Shakira and Celia Cruz; and even the Hispanic Barbie doll in her many guises. They investigate the media discourses surrounding controversial Latinas such as Lorena Bobbitt and Marisleysis González. And they discuss Latina representations in Lupe Solano's series of mystery books and in the popular TV shows El Show de Cristina and Laura en América. This extensive treatment of Latina representation in popular culture not only sheds new light on how meaning is produced through images of the Latina body, but also on how these representations of Latinas are received, revised, and challenged.

Absolute Solitude

Author : Dulce Maria Loynaz
Publisher : Archipelago
ISBN 13 : 0914671235
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Absolute Solitude written by Dulce Maria Loynaz and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive selection and translation of Dulce María Loynaz's poetry, James O'Connor invites us to hear the haunting voice of Cuba's celebrated poet, whom the Nobel Laureate Juan Ramón Jiménez terms in his Foreword, "archaic and new...tender, weightless, rich in abandon." Widely published in Spain during the 1950s, Loynaz's poetry was almost forgotten in Cuba after the Revolution. International recognition came to her late: at the age of ninety she was living in seclusion in Havana when the Royal Spanish Academy awarded her the 1992 Cervantes Prize, the highest literary accolade in the Spanish language. The first English publication of her work, Absolute Solitude contains a selection of poems from each of Loynaz's books, including the acclaimed prose poems from Poems with No Names, a selection of posthumously published work. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Florida Room

Author : Alexandra T. Vazquez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478015307
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book The Florida Room written by Alexandra T. Vazquez and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Florida Room Alexandra T. Vazquez listens to the music and history of Miami to offer a lush story of place and people, movement and memory, dispossession and survival. She transforms the "Florida room"--an actual architectural phenomenon--into a vibrant spatial imaginary for Miami's musical cultures and everyday life. Drawing on songs, ephemera, and oral histories from artists, families, and inheritors of their traditions, Vazquez hears Miami as a city that has long been shaped by Indigenous Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and southern Georgia. She draws connections between seemingly disparate artists, sounds, and stories, from singer Gwen McCrae to pirate radio innovator DJ Uncle Al, from the Miccosukee rock band Tiger Tiger to the Cuban-American songwriter Desmond Child, among the percussionists Dafnis Prieto, Obed Calvaire, and Yosvany Terry, and through the notes of Eloise Lewis, Betty Wright, and the Miami Bass group Anquette. By listening to musical collaborations and ancestral ties across place and time, Vazquez brings together formal musical details, the histories of people and locations they hold, and the aesthetic traditions transformed inside them.

Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo

Author : Monica Brown
Publisher : Rayo
ISBN 13 : 9780061227837
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo written by Monica Brown and published by Rayo. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant bilingual picture book biography of musician Tito Puente, readers will dance along to the beat of this mambo king's life. Tito Puente loved banging pots and pans as a child, but what he really dreamed of was having his own band one day. From Spanish Harlem to the Grammy Awards—and all the beats in between—this is the true life story of a boy whose passion for music turned him into the "King of Mambo." Award-winning author-illustrator duo Monica Brown and Rafael López bring the remarkable story of this talented legend to life in this Pura Belpré Honor Book. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz

Author : Raul A. Fernandez
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520939441
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz written by Raul A. Fernandez and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complexity of Cuban dance music and the webs that connect it, musically and historically, to other Caribbean music, to salsa, and to Latin Jazz. Establishing a scholarly foundation for the study of this music, Raul A. Fernandez introduces a set of terms, definitions, and empirical information that allow for a broader, more informed discussion. He presents fascinating musical biographies of prominent performers Cachao López, Mongo Santamaría, Armando Peraza, Patato Valdés, Francisco Aguabella, Cándido Camero, Chocolate Armenteros, and Celia Cruz. Based on interviews that the author conducted over a nine-year period, these profiles provide in-depth assessments of the musicians’ substantial contributions to both Afro-Cuban music and Latin Jazz. In addition, Fernandez examines the links between Cuban music and other Caribbean musics; analyzes the musical and poetic foundations of the Cuban son form; addresses the salsa phenomenon; and develops the aesthetic construct of sabor, central to Cuban music. Copub: Center for Black Music Research