Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
According to the Cuban popular music "Generic complex theory", Cuban folk music is classified as follows: Punto cubano Complex, with its variations Punto libre y Punto fijo. Rumba Complex, with its components Yambú, Guaguancó, Columbia, Conga and Comparsa. Danzón Complex, with its variants Contradanza, Danzón, Danzonete, Mambo and Cha-cha-chá.
Son cubano. Son cubano is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern Cuba during the late 19th century. It is a syncretic genre that blends elements of Spanish and African origin. Among its fundamental Hispanic components are the vocal style, lyrical metre and the primacy of the tres, derived from the Spanish guitar.
The music of Cuba, including its instruments, performance, and dance, comprises a large set of unique traditions influenced mostly by west African and European (especially Spanish) music. [1] Due to the syncretic nature of most of its genres, Cuban music is often considered one of the richest and most influential regional music in the world.
Venezuela. v. t. e. Nueva Trova ( [ˈnweβa ˈtɾoβa], "new trova ") is a movement in Cuban music that emerged around 1967-1968 after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, and the consequent political and social changes. Nueva Trova has its roots in the traditional trova, but differs from it because its content is, in the widest sense, political.
Guajira [ɡwaˈxi.ɾa] is a music genre derived from the punto cubano.According to some specialists, the punto cubano was known in Spain since the 18th century, where it was called "punto de La Habana", and by the second half of the 19th century it was adopted by the incipient Spanish Flamenco style, which included it within its "palos" with the name of guajira.
Vieja Trova Santiaguera. La Vieja Trova Santiaguera is a Cuban musical band that formed in 1994 and became successful in Europe. Its members included: Reinaldo Hierrezuelo la O (known as Rey Caney ), [1] solo voice and lead guitar/tres) (Santiago de Cuba, 30 December 1926 - 23 February 2016) Reinaldo Creagh [2] (Cirilo Reinaldo Creagh Veranes ...
The dance "Juana La Cubana" was popularized by the eternal Juana the Cuban Teresa Dominguez. The album Juana la Cubana received a platinum record in Venezuela in 1988 for 100,000 copies sold and the single sold a further 50,000 copies, combining into one of the most recognized works in the entire trajectory of Las Chicas Del Can
Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes (3 April 1874, in Havana – 7 September 1944) was a Cuban composer, and an author of books on the history of Cuban folk music. [1] The outstanding habanera Tú, [2] written when he was sixteen, was his best-known composition. [3] As an adult, he composed the scores for the opera Yumurí, the ballet Dioné, the ...