Kontradans

This article is about the Haitian folk music. For the original European form, see Contra dance.
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Kontradans or the French-Haitian Contredanse,[1] is creolized dance music formed in the 18th century in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti)[2] that evolved from the English contra dance, or (country dance), which eventually spread throughout the Caribbean, Louisiana, Europe and the rest of the New World from the Creoles of Saint-Domingue.[3][4]

  1. ^ Averill, Gage (1997). A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey: Popular Music and Power in Haiti. The Chicago University Press. p. 33. ISBN 0226032914. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. ^ Manuel, Peter; Bilby, Kenneth; Largey, Michael (2006). Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Temple University Press. p. 157. ISBN 9781592134649. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ Daniel, Yvonne (1989). Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship. Stanford University. p. 60. ISBN 9780252036538. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. ^ Sublette, Ned (1951). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. p. 120. ISBN 1556525168. Retrieved 17 May 2015.