Michael Marcuzzi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3826335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Marcuzzi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Marcuzzi |
| SIGNATURE | MARCUZZI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Music, York University4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ring-Around-the-Rosie Atlantic
In the preparation of the bata drums of Cuba and Yorubaland, ritual specialists affix a small iron ring near the smaller of the two heads of these drums. The ring is the material marker that the drums are consecrated, imbued with the power of Ayan, the orisha of drumming. This study looks to other appearances of iron rings and iron idiophones along sub-Saharan trade routes connected to the Oyo Empire, the 'source' of bata drumming. The study link…
The Bullroarer Cult in Cuba
This study investigates the importance of the bullroarer cult in Cuban orisha worship. Though the cult was one of the most feared collectives of precolonial Yorubaland, carrying out the executions of criminals and witches on behalf of the state councils, the cult that came to be recreated in Cuba after the transatlantic separation took on a quality that was more devotional, though equally secretive. Given that so much change has occurred among th…
Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957
Reviewed by: Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs Michael Marcuzzi Lydia Cabrera And Josefina Tarafa. Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs. Notes by Morton Marks. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, SFW CD 40434, 2003, 28 pp., notes, photos, compact disc, 74 min. $16.98. This compilation is the third installment in a series of Afro-Cuban music that has been remastered and commercial…
Ring-Around-the-Rosie Atlantic
In the preparation of the bata drums of Cuba and Yorubaland, ritual specialists affix a small iron ring near the smaller of the two heads of these drums. The ring is the material marker that the drums are consecrated, imbued with the power of Ayan, the orisha of drumming. This study looks to other appearances of iron rings and iron idiophones along sub-Saharan trade routes connected to the Oyo Empire, the 'source' of bata drumming. The study link…
The Bullroarer Cult in Cuba
This study investigates the importance of the bullroarer cult in Cuban orisha worship. Though the cult was one of the most feared collectives of precolonial Yorubaland, carrying out the executions of criminals and witches on behalf of the state councils, the cult that came to be recreated in Cuba after the transatlantic separation took on a quality that was more devotional, though equally secretive. Given that so much change has occurred among th…
Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957
Reviewed by: Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs Michael Marcuzzi Lydia Cabrera And Josefina Tarafa. Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs. Notes by Morton Marks. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, SFW CD 40434, 2003, 28 pp., notes, photos, compact disc, 74 min. $16.98. This compilation is the third installment in a series of Afro-Cuban music that has been remastered and commercial…
The Bullroarer Cult in Cuba
This study investigates the importance of the bullroarer cult in Cuban orisha worship. Though the cult was one of the most feared collectives of precolonial Yorubaland, carrying out the executions of criminals and witches on behalf of the state councils, the cult that came to be recreated in Cuba after the transatlantic separation took on a quality that was more devotional, though equally secretive. Given that so much change has occurred among th…
Ring-Around-the-Rosie Atlantic
In the preparation of the bata drums of Cuba and Yorubaland, ritual specialists affix a small iron ring near the smaller of the two heads of these drums. The ring is the material marker that the drums are consecrated, imbued with the power of Ayan, the orisha of drumming. This study looks to other appearances of iron rings and iron idiophones along sub-Saharan trade routes connected to the Oyo Empire, the 'source' of bata drumming. The study link…
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