Flexible 6 Series
for | Brass band |
Musical Editions | Score, Parts |
Item no. | 882480 |
Author / Composer | Roland Kernen |
Level | easy |
Languages | german, english, french, dutch |
Release year | 2005 |
Publisher / Producer | De Haske |
Producer No. | DHP 1053847 |
ISMN | 9790035011287 |
The music of the Caribbean is a mixture of styles encompassing traditions that reflect the nature of its many islands and ethnic groups which inherited a multitude of rhythms imported by slaves from West Africa. Europeans brought with them Western-style melodies and harmonies, still used today in Trinidadian calypso, a traditional folk genre which gained worldwide popularity thanks to internationally famous artists such as the American singer Harry Belafonte (Calypso, Island in the Sun, Day-O/Banana Boat Song). Fascinated by this music which embodies the very spirit of exoticism, Roland Kernen composed Caribbean Calypso, a composition with softly swaying rhythms whichfollow a gentle and subtle melodic line in a rum and cigar-flavoured atmosphere.