Ignacio Cervantes and Forty Danzas in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Cuban Nationalism

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dc.contributor.advisorSallis, Friedemann
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Shari
dc.contributor.committeememberSquance, Rod
dc.contributor.committeememberSchneider, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-04T17:36:21Z
dc.date.available2016-10-04T17:36:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractAmidst independence-driven insurgency in the nineteenth century, the inhabitants of Cuba had created a localized creole culture that was distinct from their Spanish colonizers. Musically, the contradanza was a prime example of this process. It began as accompaniment for a Western European social dance before evolving into a salon-style genre that incorporated the various musical styles from the island’s diverse population. Local pianist and composer Ignacio Cervantes made the most significant contributions to this genre in the late nineteenth century. His sophisticated approach to these miniature pieces revitalized the contradanza, and his works are considered the pinnacle of this creolized Cuban form in the present day. The objective of this thesis is to examine the contribution of Cervantes’ danzas to the development of Cuban art music as a whole, and to show how they can be used as an interpretative tool to study the emergence of Cuban identity in the 1800s. Using scores from 40 Danzas, I will examine the ways in which Cervantes combined his own individual artistic style, nineteenth century European compositional techniques, and Afro-Caribbean influences in a Cuban context.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilliams, S. (2016). Ignacio Cervantes and Forty Danzas in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Cuban Nationalism (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26441en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26441
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3388
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subject.classificationCubaen_US
dc.subject.classificationCervantesen_US
dc.subject.classificationDanzasen_US
dc.titleIgnacio Cervantes and Forty Danzas in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Cuban Nationalism
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMusic
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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