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Cortijo's wake: El entierro de Cortijo
by Rodríguez Juliá, Edgardo, Duke University Press
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A lyrical narration and examination of the life and death of Rafael Cortijo, an Afro-Caribbean drummer whose group--Cortijo y su Combo--influenced Puerto Rican society and music.
This book is novelist Edgardo Rodriguez Julia's vivid description of the funeral of legendary Puerto Rican musician Rafael Cortijo (1928-1982). El entierro de Cortijo became an immediate bestseller following its original publication in Puerto Rico in 1983. An unparalleled Afro-P…
A lyrical narration and examination of the life and death of Rafael Cortijo, an Afro-Caribbean drummer whose group--Cortijo y su Combo--influenced Puerto Rican society and music.
