Sean Bellaviti
Biographic Data
| ID | 218762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Bellaviti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Bellaviti |
| SIGNATURE | BELLAVITI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Studying Classical Music to Play Popular Music: Musical Training in Cuba
On September 19, 1961, Fidel Castro addressed the gathered crowd in Havana's gaping García Lorca Auditorium. The occasion was an awards ceremony for the winners of a revolutionary song competition, during the course of which Castro devoted a part of what was certainly an hours-long speech to the topic of educating Cuba's popular musicians. Specifically, he lamented the fact that, for all of their musical brilliance, many of the country's best son…
Danzón-Cumbia: Audible Legacies of Cuban Music in Panamanian Popular Music
By the early 20th century, Cuban danzones took firm hold in the rural communities that dotted Panama’s western littoral. In this context, sectional danzón compositional forms were combined with the open-ended cumbia song-forms to produce what rural Panamanians called “danzón-cumbias”—exceedingly popular musical hybrids that by the mid-20th century and on through the present time had come to dominate the sound of Panamanian cumbia. In this work, I…
La Hora de la Salsa: Nicolás Maduro and the Political Dimensions of Salsa in Venezuela
In this article I examine how, during a period of extreme social unrest, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took up the role of a salsa radio deejay as a show of confidence in his hold on political power and of his solidarity with ordinary Venezuelans. I argue that this all but unprecedented and, for many, controversial course of action by a sitting president provides us with an unusual opportunity to analyse Venezuela's long-standing political …
Música Típica: Cumbia and the Rise of Musical Nationalism in Panama
This book tells the story of a form of music that enjoys unparalleled popularity in a country that itself possesses instant name recognition but is very little known and very little studied. Panamanian música típica or cumbia, as this music is variously called, is intrinsically linked to the social and political history of a sliver of land that connects North and South America while providing passage between two great oceans. This book shows that…
Musicians in Transit: Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music - by Karush, Matthew B
Panamanian Musical Nationalism: A Critical Historiography
In this article I examine the written work of influential Panamanian folklorists and identify key themes underlying discussions of Panamanian musical identity. Through a consideration of the social and political context, I argue that categories of Panamanian folk music are very much politically motivated and socially constructed. Folklorists can be credited for institutionalizing many aspects of folkloric study and documenting certain musical tra…
Standing Out while Fitting In: Genre, Style, and Critical Differentiation Among Panamanian Conjunto Musicians
This article examines the idea of style within the Panamanian conjunto tradition, focusing specifically on its critical intersection with notions of genre, nationalism, and regional identity. Among its most significant attributes, style is understood by performers to be central to achieving the all-important goals of maintaining genre identification and distinguishing oneself from one's peers and professional competitors. Framed on the duality of…
In Memoriam
The Caribbean as well as the worldwide scholarly communities are greatly saddened by the passing of Jamaican choreographer and
Standing Out while Fitting In: Genre, Style, and Critical Differentiation Among Panamanian Conjunto Musicians
This article examines the idea of style within the Panamanian conjunto tradition, focusing specifically on its critical intersection with notions of genre, nationalism, and regional identity. Among its most significant attributes, style is understood by performers to be central to achieving the all-important goals of maintaining genre identification and distinguishing oneself from one's peers and professional competitors. Framed on the duality of…
In Memoriam
The Caribbean as well as the worldwide scholarly communities are greatly saddened by the passing of Jamaican choreographer and
Standing Out while Fitting In: Genre, Style, and Critical Differentiation Among Panamanian Conjunto Musicians
This article examines the idea of style within the Panamanian conjunto tradition, focusing specifically on its critical intersection with notions of genre, nationalism, and regional identity. Among its most significant attributes, style is understood by performers to be central to achieving the all-important goals of maintaining genre identification and distinguishing oneself from one's peers and professional competitors. Framed on the duality of…
Musicians in Transit: Argentina and the Globalization of Popular Music - by Karush, Matthew B
Panamanian Musical Nationalism: A Critical Historiography
In this article I examine the written work of influential Panamanian folklorists and identify key themes underlying discussions of Panamanian musical identity. Through a consideration of the social and political context, I argue that categories of Panamanian folk music are very much politically motivated and socially constructed. Folklorists can be credited for institutionalizing many aspects of folkloric study and documenting certain musical tra…
Música Típica: Cumbia and the Rise of Musical Nationalism in Panama
This book tells the story of a form of music that enjoys unparalleled popularity in a country that itself possesses instant name recognition but is very little known and very little studied. Panamanian música típica or cumbia, as this music is variously called, is intrinsically linked to the social and political history of a sliver of land that connects North and South America while providing passage between two great oceans. This book shows that…
Danzón-Cumbia: Audible Legacies of Cuban Music in Panamanian Popular Music
By the early 20th century, Cuban danzones took firm hold in the rural communities that dotted Panama’s western littoral. In this context, sectional danzón compositional forms were combined with the open-ended cumbia song-forms to produce what rural Panamanians called “danzón-cumbias”—exceedingly popular musical hybrids that by the mid-20th century and on through the present time had come to dominate the sound of Panamanian cumbia. In this work, I…
La Hora de la Salsa: Nicolás Maduro and the Political Dimensions of Salsa in Venezuela
In this article I examine how, during a period of extreme social unrest, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took up the role of a salsa radio deejay as a show of confidence in his hold on political power and of his solidarity with ordinary Venezuelans. I argue that this all but unprecedented and, for many, controversial course of action by a sitting president provides us with an unusual opportunity to analyse Venezuela's long-standing political …
Studying Classical Music to Play Popular Music: Musical Training in Cuba
On September 19, 1961, Fidel Castro addressed the gathered crowd in Havana's gaping García Lorca Auditorium. The occasion was an awards ceremony for the winners of a revolutionary song competition, during the course of which Castro devoted a part of what was certainly an hours-long speech to the topic of educating Cuba's popular musicians. Specifically, he lamented the fact that, for all of their musical brilliance, many of the country's best son…
Art (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Cuban History and Society (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Musical (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works)