Download Cajun and Cuban Music: Origins, Cultural Revival, and Influences - Prof. Thomas Faux and more Study notes Music in PDF only on Docsity! Acadia: old name for Nova Scotia. The word Cajun comes from this. Amédé Ardoin: Creole/Cajun accordion player who had a horrific end to his career Americanism: idea that there is a mainstream American. Started between WWI and WWII with the marginalizing of immigrants to get white, English-speaking protestants Arsenio Rodriguez: blind tres player from Havana, Cuba Assimilation: desire to become mainstream Back beat: essential beat of rock n roll. 4 beat pattern with emphasis on beats 2 and 4 Balfa Brothers: 1950s, returning GI’s who breathed life back into the Cajun culture. 1964: perform at Newport Folk Festival Batá: sacred drum of the Santeria which is played in groups of 3 Bongos: pair of small drums Cajun: Cajun cultural revival: linked to the balfa brothers, after WWII when the revival of Cajun culture took place Canto: the 2nd section of Rumba which consists of the song part Celia Cruz: female Cuban band leader/singer in the 1950s Chanky-chank: early rhythm of Cajun accordion. Means old fashioned Clavé: pair of sticks used in Cuba. Is the essential rhythm of Cuban dance music Clifton Chenier: played the piano accordion and was the originator of Zydeco music in the 1950s Conga: large Cuban drums which is the main percussion voice of Cuban music Creole: French speaking, mixed race people already living in Louisiana when the Cajun arrived Culture: collectively held habits of though and behavior Dennis McGee: Amédé Ardoin’s fiddle player who played well into his 90’s Diána: introductory part of the Rumba which is the introduction of voice Diffusion: passing of traits across boundaries Fanía: record company in NYC in the 1960s which invented the marketing term salsa Frottoire: metal vest percussion instrument used in Zydeco Functionalism: society is like a human body Guajira: type of rural song style from eastern Cuba Hackberry Ramblers: 1940s Texas-style Cajun music that did not have the accordion and used string instruments instead Havana: capital of Cuba Les haricots sont pas sale: (“lay zydeco sawn pa salay”) hit song by Clifton Chenier and was the first song called zydeco music Montuno: call and response Newport Folk Festival: 1964 Balfa brothers appeared on stage with Cajun music Nova Scotia: previous name Acadia, in Canada and means New Scotland Oriénte: religion in Cuba from the eastern mountainous rural region Orisha: Yoruba Petit fer (‘tit fer): steel triangle in Cajun music Rumba: street dance style from Havana Ry Cooder: American record producer who made the original recording the Buena Vista Social Club Salsa: marketing term from Fania record company
