%0 Journal Article
%T Art Music by Caribbean Composers: The Bahamas
%A Gangelhoff
%A Christine
%A LeGrand
%A Cathleen
%J International Journal of Bahamian Studies
%D 2011
%I College of the Bahamas
%X The cultural identity of the Bahamas owes much to its West African and British colonial heritages and to its physical proximity to the United States. A combination of African and European elements - rhyming spirituals, anthems, rushin' music at watch-night services, wake and setting-up songs; ringplays, fire dance, jump-in-dance, quadrille music (rake-¡®n¡¯-scrape music), goombay, and junkanoo - can be seen in musical traditions throughout the Caribbean, including art music.
%K Classical Music
%K Bahamas
%U http://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/150/183