Download or read book Danzón written by Alejandro L. Madrid and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially branching out of the European contradance tradition the danzón first emerged as a distinct form of music and dance among black performers in 19th-century Cuba. By the early 20th-century, it had exploded in popularity throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basin. This book studies the emergence hemisphere-wide influence, and historical and contemporary significance of this phenomenon of music and dance.