Author : Silvio H. Alava
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531631130
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (311 download)
Book Synopsis Spanish Harlem's Musical Legacy by : Silvio H. Alava
Download or read book Spanish Harlem's Musical Legacy written by Silvio H. Alava and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish Harlem's musical development thrived between the 1930s and 1980s in New York City. This area was called El Barrio by its inhabitants and Spanish Harlem by all others. It was a neighborhood where musicians from the Caribbean or their descendants organized musical groups, thereby adding to the diaspora that began in Africa and Spain. The music now called salsa had its roots in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo, and it continued developing on another island: Manhattan.