Biguine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe: Topics | |
|---|---|
| Biguine | Mini-jazz |
| Chouval bwa | Gwo ka |
| Kadans | Zouk |
| Timeline and Samples | |
| Francophone Caribbean | |
| Guadeloupe - Martinique - Haiti - Louisiana | |
| Other islands | |
| Anguilla - Antigua and Barbuda - Aruba and the Dutch Antilles - Bahamas - Barbados - Bermuda - Cayman Islands - Cuba - Grenada - Jamaica - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Montserrat - Puerto Rico - St Kitts and Nevis - Saint Lucia - St Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago - Turks and Caicos - Virgin Islands | |
Biguine is a style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century.
By combining the traditional bèlè music with the polka, the black musicians of Martinique created the biguine, which comprises three distinct styles, the biguine de salon, the biguine de bal and the biguines de rue. Lacking recognition at home, several biguine artists moved to mainland France, where they achieved greater popularity in Paris, especially in the wake of the colonial exhibition in 1931. The popularity of the biguine declined in the 1970s, when it began to be replaced by more commercial music.
The biguine is similar to New Orleans jazz music, and may have influenced its development.
