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From Payada to Pop

Maher Asaad Baker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2025
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9783384570154 (ISBN)

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This book leads readers to experience Uruguayan music through a complete study of its deep musical historical roots. Through this book readers can discover the passionate gaucho music forms known as payadas while learning about the various modern pop musical rhythms as well as their deep cultural connections to Uruguay.The book explores how indigenous heritage combines with African elements to form Uruguay's musical heritage as it traces the development of musical genres starting from Candombe through Murga and ending with Tango. Music in Uruguay has emerged from the combination of traditional rural songs with city noise to establish a special national music legacy.It provides detailed scientific findings and attractive narratives about the fundamental elements and revolutionary shifts and social changes that have formed Uruguayan music. The book functions as an entry point to Uruguayan musical sounds for anyone who wishes to explore Uruguayan music as a music enthusiast or cultural researcher or general listener. Embark on this rhythmic sonical adventure to feel the memorable dance of Uruguayan culture.

Maher Asaad Baker (In Arabic: ماهر أسعد بكر) is a Syrian Musician, Author, Journalist, VFX & Graphic artist, and Director, he was born in Damascus in 1977. Since his teens, he has been building up his career, starting by developing applications and websites while exploring various types of media-creating paths. He started his career in 1997 with a dream of being one of the most well-known artists in the world. Reading was always a part of his life as he was always surrounded by his father's books, but his writing ability didn't develop until a later age as his most time was occupied with other things such as developing, writing songs and music, or in media projects production, he is most known for his book "How I wrote a million Wikipedia articles" and a novel entitled "Becoming the man".

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2025
Verlagsort	Cairo
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	309 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
Schlagworte	cultural heritage • Folklore • Folk Songs • Historical • musical legacy • Traditional instruments • Uruguay • Uruguayan Music
ISBN-13	9783384570154 / 9783384570154
Zustand	Neuware