The Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Institute of Latin American Studies are presenting a Panel and Book Launch:
Creole Music Of The French West Indies, A Discography, 1900-1959
Speakers Abstract:
Compiled by Alain Boulanger, John Cowley and Marc Monneraye
With an historical essay ‚Mascarade, biguine and the bal nègre‘ by John Cowley
Translators:
Patrice Champarou (English to French), Chris Smith (French to English)
Edited by John Cowley, published by Bear Family Books, 2014.
Black Caribbean musical traditions are rich in variety and the biguine, originating in slavery, epitomises French Antillean Creole music. Highly popular in Saint-Pierre, Martinique, before the town’s 1902 decimation by Mont Pelée’s volcanic eruption, the Creole Music lived on and from 1929 became a feature of Paris nightclubs and recording studios.
Panelists:
Chairman: Philip Murphy, Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, John Cowley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies; Sue Miller, Senior Lecturer in Music; Course Leader, Popular Music at Anglia Ruskin University Michael La Rose, Chairman, George Padmore Institute
Date and Location:
23 January 2015, 18:00 – 19:30 Room 349 (3rd floor) Senate House, South Block Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
A collaboration between the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS) the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) and the Institute of Musical Research (IMR)