Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes is a collection of narratives depicting a six-year quest to discover the roots of a piece of traditional music played in St. John’s, Newfoundland: the Portuguese Waltzes. Through interviews, research, and observations, author Richard Simas explores the relationship between Portuguese bacalhoeiros (cod fishermen) and the population of St. John’s during the recent cod-fishing era (approximately 1950 to 1980). Memory, and its varying interpretation among different communities, is a major underlying theme. Above all, though, this is a book about music, shared, invented, and improvised, underscoring the power of melody to capture and conserve emotional memory across the Atlantic.
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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● ISBN 9781636670447 ● Editorial Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers ● Publicado 2024 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 9426281 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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