LA FIESTA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO: AN ORIGINAL WORK FOR CHOIR, SOLOISTS, AND SMALL ENSEMBLE INFLUENCED BY THE SANTERIA MUSIC OF THE AFRICAN-DOMINICAN COMMUNITY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p> <p>This study examines the role of Santería music as practiced by African Dominicans in Villa Mella, a neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This musical tradition comes from the culture and religion of the Yoruba people who were brought as slaves from Africa, and features complex drum rhythms and call-and-response chants. This paper deals with the historical and social context of Santería music within the Dominican Republic, but its principal objective is to adopt the musical language of this tradition and use it to create a new contemporary work for mixed choir and small ensemble.</p> <p>One of the most influential musical groups for this thesis was La Cofradía de los Congos del Espíritu Santo de Villa Mella, because it follows the original practices and rituals, and it has a large presence on Youtube. The use of this musical tradition, along with contemporary composition techniques and Christian religious texts about the Holy Spirit, resulted in a composition that choral groups in the Dominican Republic can perform during the high feast of Pentecost in the church calendar.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Music

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Scarfullery, Rafael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Stephen Lias
• Dr. Todd Fish
• Dr. Juan Ureña

• rafael
• scarfullery
• fiesta
• espiritu
• santo
• dominican
• African American Studies
• African History
• African Languages and Societies
• Caribbean Languages and Societies
• Composition
• Ethics in Religion
• Ethnic Studies
• Ethnomusicology
• History of Religion
• Latin American History
• Modern Languages
• Music Performance
• Music Theory
• Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
• Social History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/523

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1566