Alejo Carpentier Zitate

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.

Alejo Carpentier

Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich habe die Kommission gerne angenommen, war mir jedoch nicht sicher, wie das Endergebnis aussehen würde. Einerseits eroberte die kubanische Musik die Welt; Überall gehört, und unsere kleine Insel produzierte bereits eine der populärsten Musikgattungen des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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