Research Catalog

Title

Maya Achi marimba music in Guatemala / Sergio Navarrete Pellicer.

Author

Navarrete Pellicer, Sergio.

Publication

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.

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Details

Description

viii, 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm +

Summary

"For the Achi, one of the several Mayan ethnic groups indigenous to Guatemala, the music of the marimba serves not only as a form of entertainment but also as a form of communication, a vehicle for memory, and an articulation of cultural identity. Sergio Navarrete Pellicer examines the marimba tradition?the confluence of African musical influences, Spanish colonial power, and Indian ethnic assimilation?as a driving force in the dynamics of cultural continuity and change in Rabinal, the heart of Achi culture and society. By examining the performance and consumption of marimba music as essential parts of a system of social interaction, religious practice, and ethnic identification, Navarrete Pellicer reveals how the strains of the marimba resonate with the spiritual yearnings and cultural negotiations of the Achi as they try to come to terms with the violence and economic hardship wrought by their colonial past."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music

Uniform Title

Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music

Subject

• Achi Indians > Music > History and criticism
• Folk music > Guatemala > Rabinal > History and criticism
• Achi Indians > Social life and customs
• Marimba > Guatemala > Rabinal
• Ethnomusicology > Guatemala
• Ethnomusicology
• Folk music
• Marimba
• Indianer
• Marimba
• Musik
• Guatemala
• Guatemala > Rabinal
• Indianer

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes discography (p. [253]), bibliographical references (p. [255]-270), and index.

Contents

• A history of the Achi people of Rabinal -- The belief in the dead -- Concepts and classifications of music -- The marimba and the son -- Good and evil : music, alcohol, and women -- Musical occasions -- Cognition values and the aesthetics of music -- The economy of the son and the pieza : changing strategies, genres, and musical instruments -- Music within social interaction -- Conclusions : "Who am I to know better than the ancestors?"
• Compact disc contents. Cofradia soundscape with music and prayers -- Amanecido son (Marimba La Reina Rabinalense) -- Cumbia pieza (Marimba Marim-Balam) -- Son for the Negritos dance-drama (pipe and tabor ensemble) -- Cofradía son "Guerra" (Flute-and-big-drum ensemble) -- Son music to raise the souls of the dead (violin-and-adufe ensemble) -- Son of the Rabinal Achi dance-drama (tum-and-trumpets ensemble) -- Contradanza : marimba pieza (Marimba Marim-Balam) -- Marimba pieza : danza de la muerte (Marimba Marim-Balam) -- Waltz : Naranjales de Rabinal (Marimba Reina del Djercito) -- Marimba son : entrada (Marimba La Reina Rabinalense) -- Marimba son : Costa chiquita (Marimba La Reina Rabinalense) -- Marimba son : San Pablo (Marimba La Reina Rabinalense) -- Prayers and violin-and-adufe son for the dead (violin-and-adufe ensemble) -- Son San Juan (Q'eqchi' zarabanda ensemble).

ISBN

• 159213291X
• 9781592132911
• 1592132928
• 9781592132928

LCCN

2004062128

OCLC

• on1316738093
• 56955854
• SCSB-14690807

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library