Selected bibliography 

 

About Santería

 

ARGÜELLES MEDEROS, Aníbal & Ana Celia PERERA PINTADO

2007 Religione e valori morali: il caso della Santería cubana, Bulzoni, Roma.

 

CABRERA, Lydia

1954 El monte: Igbo, Finda, Ewe Orisha, Vititi Nfinda, Edicione C.R., Havana.

 

CLARK, Mary Ann

2007 Santería: Correcting the Myths and Uncovering the Realities of a Growing Religion, Praeger, Westport.

 

RAMÍREZ CALZADILLA, Jorge J. & Alessandra CIATTINI

2002 Religione, Politica e Cultura a Cuba, Bulzoni, Roma.

 

About the music of the batá drums

 

AMIRA, John & Steven CORNELIUS

1999 The Music of Santería: Traditional Rhythms of the Batá Drums, White Cliff Media, Gilsum.

 

ELI RODRÍQUEZ, Victoria, Ana Victoria CASANOVA OLIVA, Jesús GUANCHE PÉREZ et al.

1997 Instrumentos de la Música Folclórico-Popular de Cuba, 2 vol., Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana.

 

LUTZU, Marco

2023 ‘Toque de santo: i tamburi batá e le musiche per gli orichas nella Santería cubana’, in Silvia Bruni (ed.) Musica e incontro con gli spiriti. Materiali di studio su prospettive etnografiche ed etnomusicologiche, Nota, Udine: 123-142.

 

ORTIZ, Fernando

1952-54 Los Instrumentos de la Musica Afrocubana, 5 vol., Dirección de Cultura del Ministero de Educación, Havana.

 

MOORE, Robin & Elizabeth SAYRE

2006 ‘An Afro-Cuban Batá Piece for Obatalá, King of the White Cloth’, in Michael Tenzer (ed.) Analytical Studies in World Music, Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford: 120-160.

 

SCHWEITZER, Kenneth G.

2013 The Artistry of Afro-Cuban Batá Drumming Aesthetics, Transmission, Bonding, and Creativity, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson.

 

SKOOG, Don & Alejandro CARVAJAL GUERRA

2010 Bata Drumming: The Instruments, the Rhythms, and the People Who Play Them, The Contemporary Music Project, Oak Park.

 

Selected videography

 

LUTZU, Marco

2015 Santeros, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, 67 min., https://javem.org/1-1-santeros/.