Contributions by Herman Dijo, J. Ketwaru, Guilly Koster, Arthur
Lamur, Lou Lichtveld, Pondo O'Bryan, and Marcel Weltak When Marcel
Weltak's Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname was
published in Dutch in 1990, it was the first book to provide an
overview of the music styles originating from the land that had
recently gained its independence from the Netherlands. Up until the
1990s, little had been published that observed the music of the
country. Weltak's book was the first to examine both the
instruments and the way in which they are played as well as the
melodic and rhythmic components of music produced by the country's
ethnically diverse populations, including people of Amerindian,
African, Indian, Indonesian/Javanese, and Chinese descent. Since
the book's first appearance, a new generation of musicians of
Surinamese descent has carried on making music, and some of their
elders referred to in the original edition have passed away. The
catalog of recordings that have become available has also expanded,
particularly in the areas of hip-hop, rap, jazz, R&B, and new
fusions such as kaskawi. This edition, in English for the first
time, includes a new opening chapter by Marcel Weltak giving a
historical sketch of Suriname's relationship to the Netherlands. It
includes updates on the popular music of second- and
third-generation musicians of Surinamese descent in the
Netherlands, and Weltak's own subsequent and vital research into
the Amerindian and maroon music of the interior. The new
introduction is followed by the integral text of the original
edition. New appendices have been added to this edition that
include a bibliography and updated discography; a listing of films,
videos, and DVDs on or about Surinamese music or musicians; and
concise, alphabetically arranged notes on musical instruments and
styles as well as brief biographies of those authors who
contributed texts.
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