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The folkloric traditional music of Paraguay is the Paraguayan polka and the Guarania. The Paraguayan polka comes from polka of Czech origin; that was danced for the first time in Asunción, on November 27, 1858. [ 1 ]
The Paraguayan harp is the national instrument of Paraguay, the result of the confluence of European and Guarani musical cultures. Derived from the classical angular harp , introduced during the Spanish colonization in the Jesuit Guarani Missions .
Guarania is a genre of music created in Paraguay by musician José Asunción Flores in 1925, [1] with the purpose of expressing the character of the Paraguayan people. This is accomplished by the slow and melancholic rhythms and melodies used in the songs.
Paraguayan polka, also known as danza paraguaya (Paraguayan dance), is a style of music created in Paraguay in the 19th century. The Paraguayan polka is very different from the traditional polka , mainly because the Paraguayan version combines ternary and binary rhythms , whereas the European only uses binary.
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In 1925, after experimenting with different arrangements of the old Paraguayan song Maerãpa Reikuaase he managed to create a new genre, which he called Guarania. His first Guarania song was Jejui. The purpose of this new genre was to express the feelings of the Paraguayan people through music. Later Flores would comment on his creation as:
Cachaca music is widely popular in the shanty towns and rural areas of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia. In Paraguay, it is a unique phenomenon with artists such as Lalo y Los Descalzos (a group that originated in the Latin community of California, United States) achieving significant success. While they are relatively unknown in the grupero ...
Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo (May 14, 1907 – May 5, 1982) was the main reference of the so-called "golden generation" of the Paraguayan popular music and a strict studious of the Paraguayan folk music. Biography