Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del 12 i serien Interdisciplinary Studies in Diasporas

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-30
Mått:150 x 225 x 14 mm
Vikt:306 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Interdisciplinary Studies in Diasporas
Antal sidor:132
Förlag:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN:9781636670430

Utforska kategorier

Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Musikböcker inom Kultur
Sjöfartshistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Richard Simas, a freelance writer with a background in literature, music, and the performing arts, publishes regularly in contemporary art and literary reviews. His book The Mystery of the Portuguese Waltzes was published in 2019 and was a finalist in the 2020 Indie Publisher Awards.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments – Intentions, Artistic Collaborator Helena Flores, Photographer – Prologue – Questions – Abel from Caxinas – Os Dancings no Morro: The Dance Halls on the Hill – Ulysses from Vila Praia de ncora – Reading Bernardo Santareno and Land of the Cod – The Women – José da Conceição, Ship Deserter – Mestre Gabriel, Mestre Clemente from Praia de Mira – Jaime Pontes, Cod Fisherman, Raconteur – Many Manuel da Silvas/A Violin in the Attic – Afterword – List of Figures – Notes and Works Cited – Permissions.