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"El Vito" is a traditional folk song and dance music of Andalusia whose origins can be traced back to the 16th century. [1] Its name refers to Saint Vitus, patron of dancers. [2] It was created in the nineteenth century as a dancing song typical of the bolero. It includes steps in the art of bullfighting [3] and is usually played by women. The ...
Andalusia is a modern autonomous community of Spain that is best known for flamenco, a form of music and dance, mostly performed by artists and ordinary people from Andalusia. Improvised flamenco songs of ancient Andalusian origin are called cante jondo , and are characterized by a reduced tonal ambiance, a strict rhythm, baroque ornamentation ...
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.
During the 1940s, Spanish music was shaped by the aftermath of the Civil War and Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Traditional genres like flamenco and classical music continued to thrive, albeit under strict censorship. Popular music forms such as zarzuela and pasodoble celebrated Spanish identity. The era reflected a complex interplay of ...
Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba. [1] It is also an active musical form in Mexico and Puerto Rico.Written in 2 4 time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or típica ensemble.
[8] p181 Aside from rural music and Afro-Cuban folk music, the most popular kind of urban Creole dance music in the 19th century was the contradanza, which commenced as a local form of the English country dance and the derivative French contredanse and Spanish contradanza. While many contradanzas were written for dance, from the mid-century ...
Seguidilla dancing, 18th century. The seguidilla (/ ˌ s ɛ ɡ ə ˈ d iː (l) j ə,-ɡ ɪ-, ˌ s eɪ-/; Spanish: [seɣiˈðiʎa]; plural in both English and Spanish seguidillas; diminutive of seguida, which means "sequence" and is the name of a dance) [1] [2] [3] is an old Castilian folksong and dance form in quick triple time for two people with many regional variations.
Danza is a form of music that can be varied in its expression. The Puerto Rican national anthem , La Borinqueña , was originally a danza that was later altered to fit a more anthem-like style. Danzas can be either romantic or festive.