Havana, (PL) The book "Ritmos de Cuba, percusión y batería," (Rhythms of Cuba, Percussion and Drum Kit) by Cuban musician Ruy Lopez-Nussa, was presented in Pabexpo, western Havana, exhibition site of Cubadisco 2004 Fair, the most important music fair in Cuba.
According to Cuban researcher Lino Neira in the introduction, "the book is a complete tool that helps overcome the obstacles world percussionists and drummers face in Cuban percussion."
Even innovator-composer Igor Stravinsky, author of "The Rite of Spring," came to learn about the "batá" drums in Cuba and was brought by Ernesto Lecuona and Felix Guerrero to ritual ceremonies somewhere in Havana, possibly Guanabacoa, Lecuona's birthplace.
To the clamor of the conga performance, the Russian musician took pen and paper and tried to score the endless universe of the sounds, but "it is impossible," he stated, "these sounds are so rich they escape writing."
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Son of a Cuban father and Polish-French mother, Ruy Lopez-Nussa is a white musician who got caught up by this phenomenon.
With the help of the Spanish Authors and Publishers Society (SGAE) Fundacion Autor, he was able to finish a book that will surely be a best-seller, a must-have for percussionists.
The author submerges himself in the rumba complex, passing through yambú, columbia and guaguancó, to give us this book with scores and a disc of the different playing techniques.
"I also included the drum kit, a 20th-century instrument with an important role, whose worldwide relevance has branded this period "the century of percussion," he concluded.
Harold Lopez-Nussa Torres (pianoforte)
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