THE &quot;TOQUE DE VIOLÍN&quot;: AN EMERGING TRADITION IN CUBA

Koprivica, Ana

doi:10.2307/41945907

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THE "TOQUE DE VIOLÍN": AN EMERGING TRADITION IN CUBA

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Author(s): Ana Koprivica

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2010

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2010

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

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Throughout Caribbean history, music has been an important cultural marker in the process of identity construction, consolidation and transformation. This article gives an overview and a contextualisation of a ritual and musical ceremony called toque de violin. It presents several hypotheses explaining the use of European instruments with the purpose of preserving and performing the religious songs, dances and rites of Cuba's African heritage. In the context of the toque de violin, musical genres and styles of both European and African origins may coexist in a single event without merging. It seems that the essence of the practice of this ceremony corresponds to the need to recreate a new religious musical tradition. This fact calls for rethinking what the concept of 'traditions' in Cuban music means.

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Journal ID (jstor): intejcubastud

Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005551

Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 17563461

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2010

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2010

Volume: 2

Issue: 3/4

Pages: 276-285

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DOI: 10.2307/41945907

SO-VID: e1d17f65-a9e9-4f70-a8f2-60abc53c8809

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[1] Argyriadis, Kali (1997) 'La religion à la Havane. Actualité des représentations et des pratiques cultuelles havanaises', Doctoral thesis in anthropology. Paris, EHESS.

[2] Augé, Marc (1982) Génie du paganisme. Paris: Gallimard.

[3] Bastide, Roger (1972) Le rêve, la transe, la folie. Paris: Flammarion.

[4] Bastide, Roger (1996) Les Amériques noires. 3rd ed. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996.

[5] Bermudez, Armando (1967) 'Notas para la historia del espiritismo en Cuba', Etnologia y Folklore.

[6] Brandon, Georges (1997) Santería from Africa to the New World: The Dead Sell Memories. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

[7] Carpentier, Alejo and Alan West-Duran (2000) 'Music in Cuba', Transition 81/82.

[8] CIDMUC (1997) Atlas de los instrumentos de la música folclorica-popular de Cuba. La Habana: Ciencias Sociales.

[9] Desroches, Monique (1996) Tambours des dieux. Musique et sacrifice d'origine tamoule en Martinique. Montréal: L'Harmattan.

[10] Feraudy Espino, Heriberto (1999) Irna: un encuentro con la santería, el espiritismo y el palomonte. Mexico: Conexión Grafico.

[11] Hill, Donald R. (1998) 'West African and Haitian Influences on the Ritual and Popular Music of Carriacou, Trinidad, and Cuba', Black Music Research Journal 18(1/2) (Spring-Autumn). University of Illinois Press.

[12] Koprivica, Ana (2002) 'Le toque de violín: Un exemple de syncrétisme musico-religieux', Master's thesis. Université Paris-Sorbonne.

[13] Léon, Argeliers (1974) Del canto y el tiempo. La Havane: Pueblo y Educación.

[14] Moore, Robin (1995) 'The Commercial Rumba: Afrocuban Arts as International Popular Culture', Latin American Music Review 16(2). University of Texas Press.

[15] Orovio, Helio and Olivier Crossard (2001) Le guide des musique à Cuba. Paris: Fayard.

[16] Ortiz, Fernando (1906) Hampa afro-cubana: Los Negros Brujos. Madrid: Libreria de Fernando Fé.

[17] Picard, François (2001) 'La tradition comme réception et transmission (Qabala et Massorèt)', in Jacques Viret (ed.) Approches herméneutiques de la musique. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg.

[18] Sublette, Ned (2004) Cuba and its Music : From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.