Henrique Correia publishes 23 scores to preserve Cape Verdean music
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas
Cape Verdean musician Henrique Correia has published a 116-page book bringing together 23 original compositions, with lyrics, chords and scores, to document Creole music and its traditions. The book highlights morna, funaná and the Santiago variant of the Cape Verdean language, Expresso das Ilhas reports.
Henrique Correia, a Cape Verdean author from Calheta de São Miguel on the island of Santiago, has published a book containing 23 musical scores to help preserve traditional Cape Verdean music, Expresso das Ilhas reports. The book, titled “Cifras & Partituras. Cabo Verde, Música Crioula. Um Contributo ao Património Cultural Imaterial”, is 116 pages long.
The book brings together notes, chords and melodic scores. It also aims to promote the Cape Verdean language, particularly the variant spoken on Santiago, while maintaining a link between written music and the oral roots of this tradition.
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