Biguine (/bɪˈɡɪn/ big-IN, French: [biɡin]; Antillean Creole: bigin) is a rhythmic dance and music style that originated from Saint-Pierre, Martinique...
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Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century, including kadans, konpa, and biguine. Brazilian Zouk Music of Latin America Music of Martinique Music of Guadeloupe...
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Music of Martinique (section Biguine vidé)
travelled on trucks or small carts during Vaval, playing a music known as biguine vidé (or just videé). After the decline of Vaval in World War II, the tradition...
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Music of Guadeloupe (section Biguine vidé)
call-and-response style songs during their Carnival celebrations. Biguine vidé is an up tempo version of the biguine rhythm, combining other carnival elements. It is participatory...
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the second drum that sounded on every fourth beat. In the 1930s several biguine artists from Martinique and Guadeloupe moved to France, where they achieved...
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Paname (album of French chansons) 2002 Amour(s) 2004 Saga 2007 Begin The Biguine 2012 My Name is Billie Holiday 2017 Woman Single releases differed from...
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1950s, the biguine, a style of jazz from the French Caribbean was popular among dance orchestras. Lacking recognition at home, several biguine artists from...
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century, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austrian Empire Derivative forms Norteño maxixe biguine Regional scenes Paraguayan polka Slovenian-style polka Other topics Duple...
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biguine bèlé, bèlé belya, and gran bèlé The bèlè is the origin of several important Martiniquan popular styles, including chouval bwa and biguine; it...
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line. The term encompasses earlier brass band marches, French Quadrilles, biguine, ragtime, and blues with collective, polyphonic improvisation. While instrumentation...
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