Nuevo Mambo Lyrics in English Tito Puente

These English lyric translations are not yet verified.

Course description and objectives

This course will focus principally on popular forms of music traditionally associated with certain regions or countries. among others, these will include corrido in mexico, salsa and son in the caribbean, samba and bossa nova in brazil, tango in argentina, as well as latin american versions of rock and hip-hop, which have all travelled beyond the places where they originated. while tracing their origin and development, they will be placed in the context of the cultures from which they emerged, with a view to understanding the meaning they have in that context, both as expressions of popular life and culture and as symbolic capital that has in some cases been appropriated by processes of commodification and the formation of national and regional identities

The course is conducted in english. no knowledge of spanish or portuguese is required. all readings will be in english and translations of song texts will be provided as required

Objectives

• develop a historical and theoretical knowledge of latin american popular music

• improve critical thinking and writing skills

• develop a public research project that will annotate the lyrics to one significant artist or group in latin american popular music, to be hosted on rapgenius.com

• appreciate the wide variety of music in latin america and its role in the region's history

Texts

Access to internet and course website

Headphones or speakers for intensive music listening

• i am providing all the music and texts for free through eclass, so do yourself a favour and invest in some quality headphones that will allow you to concentrate and enjoy the richness of the music. here are some suggestions

Grade distribution

Class journal hosted on wordpress blog and (average one blog entry

Every two weeks) 15%

Individual presentation of a 'subgenre' 10%

Class participation 10%

Exam #1 20%

Exam #2 20%

Rap genius portfolio 25%

Class blog found at http://albertamusica.wordpress.com/ this your space to reflect on readings and discussions. entries should consist of 200-300 words commenting on an aspect of the class that you want to discuss in more depth. writing here can be informal, but it must be original and must be focused on our topics. you might pose questions or venture some diverging opinions. although you have a certain amount of freedom to post, you must post by the due dates listed in the daily work schedule. there will be no credit for posts after class time on the due date. there is zero tolerance for plagiarism here, as well as in the more formal writing assignments

Individual presentation

Presentations will be given on a topic of interest by each student, for 15-20 minutes. each presentation will also include a 2 minute assessment to be given to the rest of the class. presentations will be assessed based on content, organization, time management, and engagement with the audience. students will choose one musical genre or movement from a list and present their findings on that topic on the day listed in the syllabus

Class participation students are expected to come to class with reading and listening done before class and to engage with lectures and discussions. more than three unexcused absences will result in a 10% loss of the participation grade for each subsequent absence after three. eating, texting, or emailing during class will automatically lower your participation grade 10%. class attendence is especially important to understand the music in its context. students will evaluate themselves at the end of term. participation will be evaluated holistically and based on class attendence, participation in group activities, and reaction on eclass forums

Test #1 this test will be held on oct. 18 and will cover the first half of the content covered in the term. it will come straight from readings, screenings, and discussions. there will be short answers, no longer than a paragraph each

Test #2 this test will be held on nov. 27 and will cover the second half of the content covered in the term. it will come straight from readings, screenings, and discussions. there will be short answers, no longer than a paragraph each

Non-csl students: rap genius artist annotation

For the final project, students will be annotating the work of one latin american artist or music group on the website rap genius, which is an open-source database of annotations of lyrics

Csl students

Students will produce a segment on edmonton-based music and/or dance for programa nosotros or cjsr's cjsr edition news program. this will be accompanied by a 4-5 page reflection paper on the student's experience

Unit one: what we talk about when we talk about music

Wednesday, september 4

Introductions. what is popular music? what is latin america? a note about our pioneering work with rap genius and csl projects

Friday, september 6

What we talk about when we talk about music

• visit from rodrigo loyola of programa nosotros

Read

• jacques attali, 'noise'

• richard middleton, 'music studies and the idea of culture'

Do

• post your favourite song of the moment on the blog. after reading 'noise' how does your feeling about the song change

Monday, september 9

Read

• catherine den tandt richard young. 'tradition and transformation in latin american music.' the cambridge companion to modern latin american culture. ed. john king. cambridge: cambridge university press, 2004. 236-57

Listen

• carlos chavez, 'sinfonia india'

• heitor villa-lobos, bidu sayão 'bachiana nº 5' cantilena

Unit two: mexico

Wednesday, september 11

The corrido

• visit from matt from cjsr

Read

• hernandez, guillermo e. 'what is a corrido?

Listen

• 'la cucaracha'

• 'la adelita'

• 'viva obama!'

Presentation on the mexican revolution: professor

Friday, september 13

The bolero

Read

• mark pedelty, 'the bolero: the birth, life, and decline of mexican modernity'

Listen

• 'noche de ronda' agustin lara

• 'noche de ronda' trio los panchos with eydie gormé

• « farolito » agustin lara

Presentation on danzón

Monday, september 16

Mexican rock en español

Read

• hoslten, mark, 'rock and roll en español'

• esterrich, carmelo and murillo, javier h. 'rock with punk with pop with folklore: transformations and renewal in aterciopelados and café tacvba.'

Listen

• los aterciopelados, 'la cuchilla'

• café tacvba, 'madrugal'

• café tacvba, 'ingrata'

Presentation: rock en español in colombia: juliana cortes

Wednesday, september 18

The narcocorrido

Do

• class journal# 1 due on word press site. see above for details

Read

• john macdowell 'the ballad of narcomexico'

Listen

• los tigres del norte, 'contrabando y traición'

• el komander, 'el ejecutor'

Presentation: banda music

Friday, september 20

Tijuana reborn

Read

• madrid, alejandro l. 'navigating ideologies in 'in-between' cultures: signifying practice in nortec music.'

Listen

• nortec collective, 'tijuana makes me happy'

• nortec collective, 'tijuana brass'

• nortec collective, 'bar infierno'

Presentation: norteño music norma

Unit three: brazil

Monday, september 23

Workshop on annotating for rap genius

Wednesday, september 25

Origins of brazilian popular music

Read

• garcia, thomas, 'the choro, the guitar and villa-lobos.'

Listen

• heitor villa-lobos, bidu sayão 'bachiana nº 5' cantilena

• ernesto nazareth, 'odeon'

• donga, 'pelo telefone'

• ary barroso, 'aquarela do brasil'

Presentation on the birth of samba

Friday. september 27

Carmen miranda

Read

• james mandrell, 'carmen miranda betwixt and between, or, neither here nor there'

Listen

• carmen miranda, 'o que é que a bahiana tem?'

• carmen miranda, 'the lady in the tutti frutti hat'

Watch

• how music works: rhythm accent syncopation

Presentation: carmen miranda as queer icon: tyler hamblett

Monday, september 30

Blame it on the bossa nova

Read

• kariann goldschmidt, 'doing the bossa nova'

Listen

• joão gilberto, 'bim bom'

• stan getz and charlie byrd 'desafinado' url

• joão gilberto, 'só danço samba'

Wednesday, october 2

• workshop #2 on rap genius

Friday, october 4

Tropicália

Read

• dunn, christopher. 'in the adverse hour: the denouement of tropicalia.'

Listen

• caetano veloso, de proibido proibir'

• gilberto gil, 'questão de ordem'

• os mutantes, 'baby'

Presentation on brazil's miltary dictatorship

Monday, october 7

From rebellion to musica popular brasileira

Read

• charles a. perrone, 'nationalism, dissension, and politics in contemporary brazilian popular music'

Listen

• milton nascimento and lo borges, 'para lennon e mccartney.'

• chico buarque and milton nascimento, 'calice'

Presentation on 'jovem guarda' and brazilian pop: jaqueline odera

Wednesday, october 9

• review for midterm

Friday, october 11

• midterm in class #1

Monday, october 14

• thanksgiving day. no class

Unit four: from an ajaíco to a melting pot: caribbean musical forms and transculturation

Wednesday, october 16

Read

• fernando ortiz, 'cuban counterpoint'

• william luis, 'afrocubanista poetry and nicolas guillen'

Listen

• arsenio rodríguez, 'dame un chacito pa'huele'

• septeto nacional, 'songoro cosongo'

Watch

Monday, october 21

Read

• firmat, gustavo pérez. 'latunes.'

Listen

• xavier cugat, 'mambo no.5'

• perez prado, 'mambo no. 5'

• perez prado, 'el manisero

Presentation on salsa---bismarck garcia

Wednesday, october 23

Read

• moore, robin. music and revolution: cultural change in socialist cuba

Listen

• album: cuba va!: songs of the new generation of revolutionary cuba

Friday, october 25

• discuss and final paper topics, brainstorm topics. google hangout with dr. jeremy dean, education director of rap genius

Do

• complete reading journal entry on blog. be prepared to read and discuss your reaction to revolutionary music in class

Presentation on merengue in the dominican republic: emma scullion

Monday, october 28

• moore, robin. music and revolution: cultural change in socialist cuba

Listen

• orishas, 'a lo cubano'

• charanga habanera, 'el temba'

• charanga habanera, 'gozando en la habana'

• buena vista social club, 'chan chan'

Unit five: tango and new song from the southern cone

Wednesday, october 29

Tango and nationalism

Read

• donald castro, 'the massification of the tango: the electronic media, the popular theatre and the cabaret from contursi to peron, 1917-1955.'

Listen

• carlos gardel, 'volver'

• carlos gardel, 'mi buenos aires querido'

• osvaldo pugliese, 'la yumba'

Presentation on the carlos gardel phenomenon: daniela munoz

Friday, october 31

New tango

Read

• chris goertzen, maría susana azzi, 'globalization and the tango'

Listen

• astor piazzolla, 'adios nonino'

Monday, november 4

Nueva canción in chile

Read

• nancy morris, 'canto porque es necesario cantar: the new song movement in chile, 1973-1983'

Listen

• quilapayún plegaria a un labrador

• mercedes sosa, 'gracias a la vida'

• violeta parra, 'la carta'

Presentation on contemporary chilean music: lindsay gingrich

Wednesday, november 6

Rock and the dictatorship

Read

• holston, mark. 'rock and roll in español

Listen

• los enanitos verdes, 'lamento boliviano'

• los fabulosos cadillacs. 'matador'

Presentation on the military dictatorship and music in argentina: ian brownlie

Friday, november 8

• hand in prospectus for artist annotation

• in class screening on bbc documentary about tango and the economic crisis in argentina

Monday, november 11

• remembrance day, no class

Wednesday, november 13

Tango and the economic crisis

Read

• luker, morgan james. 'tango renovación: on the uses of music history in post-crisis argentina.'

Listen

• orquesta típica fernandez fierro, 'cuesta abajo'

Do

• write a reaction in class journal blog about the bbc documentary

Friday, november 15

And still they tangoed…

Read

• alma guillermoprieto, 'and still they tangoed'

Listen

• gotan project 'la gloria'

Presentation on tango as a dance

Unit six border musics: straddling genres and nations

Monday, november 18

Salsa

Read

• abreu, christina d. 'celebrity, 'crossover,' and cubanidad: celia cruz as 'la reina de salsa,' 1971-2003.'

Listen

• celia cruz and the fania all-stars, 'quimbara,'

• fania all-stars with hector lavoe, 'el cantante'

• tito puente, 'oye como vas

Wednesday, november 20

Hip hop

Read

• tickner, arlene b. 'aquí en el ghetto: hip-hop in colombia, cuba, and mexico.'

Listen

• control machete, 'humanos mexicanos'

Friday, november 22

Read

• jon wolseth and florence e. babb, 'youth and cultural politics in latin america'

Listen

• calle 13, 'latinoamérica'

• ana tijoux, '1977'

Presentation on genre of music not covered in class

Unit seven: conclusions: papers, presentations, consultations

Monday, november 25

• review for midterm #2

Wednesday, november 27

• midterm #2

Friday, november 29

• student consultations in office

Monday, december 2

• student consultations in office

Wednesday, december 4

• csl presentations

Friday, december 6

• reflective papers or artist annotations due at 5:00pm