Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes

von Richard Simas

132 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Interdisciplinary Studies in Diasporas
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Besondere Ereignisse und Themen Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN: 9781636670430
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2024
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York