Marshall's Civic Band

Donated to Marshall's Band by J.D. Parr of the Baker University band.  Concert 
notes on folder: 
 
  The Cuban music of today has two aspects derived from two influences - Spanish 
and Negro - that have determined the course of its development.  This decisive 
fact divides the current panorama of Cuban music into two clearly defined 
sectors; the typically Creole and the Negroid.  In both there are beauty, force 
and life.  The Creole music has evolved in a sensual, bland, sentimental and 
seductive manner, a manner growing out of the surrounding medium.  The Negroid 
music has preserved the strong, primitive and invigorating accents of the virgin 
forest. 
  In this Caribbean Sketch, the author presents, in a sharp contrast, these two 
facets of Cuban music: the Creole and the Negroid.  A rhythm closely related to 
the "Conga" begins this work and then alternates with other melodies and rhythms 
of Creole sentiment. - Pedro Sanjuan.