Nicaraguan Identity in the Socially Conscious Music of the Sandinistas

 

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“Protest-song workers must be aware that song, by its particular nature, is an enormous force for communications with the masses, to the extent that it breaks down barriers like illiteracy that impede the dialogue of the artist with the people of whom he forms a part. As a result, song must be a weapon at the service of the peoples, not a consumer product used by capitalism to alienate us. Protest-song workers have the duty to deepen their skills, since the search for artistic quality is in itself a revolutionary stance” [1]

 

 

Lynn Burnett, Spring 2004, Senior Music Seminar

 

 

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