{"product_id":"music-of-the-netherlands-antilles-why-eleven-antilleans-knelt-before-chopins-heart-paperback","title":"The Music of the Netherlands Antilles: Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt Before Chopin's Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Brokken\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott Rollins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Music of the Netherlands Antilles: Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt before Chopin's Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is not your usual musical scholarship. In October 1999, eleven Antilleans attended the service held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin's death. This service, held in the Warsaw church where the composer's heart is kept in an urn, was an opportunity for these Antilleans to express their debt of gratitude to Chopin, whose influence is central to Antillean music history. Press coverage of this event caused Dutch novelist and author Jan Brokken (b. 1949) to start writing this book, based on notes he took while living on Curaçao from 1993 to 2002. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anyone hoping to discover an overlooked chapter of Caribbean music and music history will be amply rewarded with this Dutch-Caribbean perspective on the pan-Caribbean process of creolization. On Curaçao, the history and legacy of slavery shaped culture and music, affecting all the New World. Brokken's portraits of prominent Dutch Antillean composers are interspersed with cultural and music history. He puts the Dutch Caribbean's contributions into a broader context by also examining the nineteenth-century works by pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk from New Orleans and Manuel Saumell from Cuba. Brokken explores the African component of Dutch-Antillean music--examining the history of the rhythm and music known as \u003ci\u003etambú\u003c\/i\u003e as well as American jazz pianist Chick Corea's fascination with the tumba rhythm from Curaçao. The book ends with a discussion of how recent Dutch-Caribbean adaptations of European dance forms have shifted from a classical approach to contemporary forms of Latin jazz.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJan Brokken\u003c\/b\u003e was a journalist for several major Dutch newspapers. He is author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Passengers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sad Champion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJungle Rudy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Poet's House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaltic Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated into several languages. \u003cb\u003eScott Rollins \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a cultural entrepreneur for more than forty years. He has published three volumes of poetry and is translator of \u003ci\u003eSurinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBoom's Blues: Music, Journalism, and Friendship in Wartime\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117236523143,"sku":"9781496820112","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5d97c8213d0c829c21c858eb77bc3743.webp?v=1732522651","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/music-of-the-netherlands-antilles-why-eleven-antilleans-knelt-before-chopins-heart-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}