Hello, friends,
Can anybody give me any background about the âCumbéesâ variations from
Santiago de Murciaâs SaldÃvar Codex?
Is it related at all to the popular dance genre in Colombia called
âcumbiaâ?
Does anyone have Craig Russellâs book on de Murcia and could possibly
look up for me what he says about the Cumbé?
If itâs indeed a West African genre, how would de Murcia have heard it
if, as is now thought, he didnât travel to the New World and hear it as
brought there by slave populations? Should we presume that Africans
would have brought those sounds to Iberia as well?
Many thanks!
* Lucas Harris
--
To get on or off this list see list information at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
