Listening to the Music of Arsenio Rodriguez Is Moving Closer to Knowledge (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hernandez Cruz
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Narrative
- Genres: Free verse, Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Music or musicians, New York City, Listening, Dancing or dancers, Cuba or Cubans, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans
The Poem
Victor Hernández Cruz, who was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in New York City and remains in the forefront of the “Nuyorican” poetry scene that began developing in the late 1960’s. “Listening to the Music of Arsenio Rodriguez Is Moving Closer to Knowledge” salutes Afro-Cuban music and the great musician in its title, as well as those who love this music. Rodriguez was a blind percussionist, player of the tres (a small nine-stringed guitar), composer, and bandleader. His impact on the mambo style in Cuba in the 1930’s was immeasurable, and he was...
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