Avec la charmante autorisation de notre ami Bill ZICK, voici le message reçu de la non moins charmente Dr Christine Gangelhoff, Assistant Professor of Music at The College of The Bahamas, pour annoncer the project on Caribbean Art Music:“Dear Mr. Zick,
I hope this email finds you well. My name is Dr. Christine Gangelhoff, and I am a professor of music at The College of The Bahamas. I wanted to let you know about the first volume of a bibliography on Caribbean art music that may be of interest to your website. You can view the publication on this site:
Un extrait qui concerne la Guadeloupe (Cherchez l’erreur !) :
Guadeloupe retains more than its colonial and cultural roots from France. It has been an Overseas Department of that country since 1946. Many of the art-musical styles of Guadeloupe are derived from the ballroom and couple-dance traditions of old, reinvented in a creole tradition: quadrilles, waltzes, biguines and mazurkas (Gerstin, 2007-2011). Two of the most influential and consumed popular music genres are gwoka and compas. The Festival Internationale Saint-Georges, held annually since 2010, was created to celebrate the music of Saint-Georges, to promote artists of colour and to perform classical music written by composers of African descent, though the main focus of the festival is classical music.
Et nous reviendrons sans doute dans un autre article sur la thèse de 75 pages avec illustration photos et musique :
MUSIC AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN TERRE-DE-BAS, GUADELOUPE, de Ryan Durkopp B.A. Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2005 University of Pittsburgh 2009
“There are also videos that accompany the material. If you would like to see the videos separately, you can view them here on the accompanying youtube channel:
“We are now preparing to gather materials for the next volume, which will include Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, BVI, Curacao, Dominica, St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda. Would it be possible to send a request to readers who may have information on relevant composers? I look forward to hearing from you.
Warmest regards,
Christine
Si vous avez eu la curiosité de cliquer sur les deux liens vous avez donc constater que Nassau surveille ce que fait la Guadeloupe et que les habitants des BAHAMAS connaissent le Chevalier de Saint-Georges. N’est-elle pas splendide cette sonate pour Flute et piano de Joseph Bologne.
Merci à notre ami Bill pour ce contact des plus important.
Thanks also to Madame Catherine PIZON for this precision send to Bill :
It is exactly the menuetto of the « Sonate Pour la Harpe avec Accompagnement de Flute Par M. de St.George », (s.d)(sans date) classified by Michelle Garnier-Panafieu as (Ms.,F-Pn/Vm76118), en mi bémol majeur, in her excellent book that you also mentioned on your blog :Un contemporain atypique de Mozart, Le Chevalier de Saint-George.
L’ouvrage de Madame Michelle GARNIER-PANAFIEU publié au moment même du FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL SAINT-GEORGES 2011 est disponible en librairie.
Petit clin d’oeil sans doute mais aussi un joli Buzz sur la musique de Saint-Georges. Suivez le débat sur le site de Bill Zick avec la participation de Madame Catherine PIZON, Madame Michelle GARNIER PANAFIEU et Monsieur Dominique-René de Lerma.
Bill me faisait remarquer que celà fait 10 ans que nous nous connaissons. Au tout début nous faisions la course pour repérer sur le net les référence des dernières éditions musicales consacrées au Chevalier. Je crois que Bill avait plus de talent que moi.
Et cerise sur le gateau un mot de Christine :
Dear Mr. Halley,
Thank you for your very warm welcome — I’m honoured for such an endorsement! We hope to have a translation of the introductions to both Guadeloupe and Haiti in the near future. I will certainly keep you informed.
Thanks again for you kind words.
Warmest regards,
Christine
Guadeloupe Attitude 