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Bloomingdale School of Music Piano Project: Sonidos de Espana/Music of Spain – extensive monthly features on the history of Spanish music. Spanish language music Traditional and contemporary Spanish-language music, with genre descriptions, representative artists, CDs & audio samples. Spanish Folk Music in Havana (Photo Album)
Canción ("song") is a popular genre of Latin American music, particularly in Cuba, where many of the compositions originate. [1] Its roots lie in Spanish popular song forms, including tiranas, polos and boleros; also in Italian light operetta, French romanza, and the slow waltz. Initially, even when written by the creole population of Cuba ...
The genre has again found favour in Spain and elsewhere: younger people, in particular, have been drawn to its lyrical music and theatrical spectacle in the 1940s and 1950s. Spanish radio and television have dedicated time to zarzuela in 1978, not least in a popular series of programs produced by TVE and entitled Antología de la zarzuela ...
The Panamanian punto (Spanish: punto panameño or el punto) is a Hispanic musical genre [1] [2] which includes melodic and choreographic form. It has composition created specifically for dance, typically performed by a single couple as a demonstration of skill, precision and grace.
The music industry in the United States began to refer to any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". [22] [23] [24] Under this definition, Spanish sung in any genre is categorized as "Latin". [25] In turn, this has led to artists from Spain being labelled as "Latin" because they sing in the same language. [26]
The word derives from the Spanish verb tentar (meaning either to touch, to tempt or to attempt), and was originally applied to music for various instruments. In the early eighteenth century, some composers also used the term obra, originally a more general term meaning "work", to refer to this genre.
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
Aragonese jota dancers. The jota (pronounced [1]) is a genre of music and the associated dance known throughout Spain, most likely originating in Aragon.It varies by region, having a characteristic form in Aragon (where it is the most important [1]), Mallorca, Catalonia, León, Castile, Navarre, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia, La Rioja, Murcia and Eastern Andalusia.