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The cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument since the late 19th century. [2] Enslaved people of west and central African origin in the Americas are considered to be the source of the cajón drum. Currently, the instrument is common in musical performance throughout some of the Americas and Spain.
The city of Madrid is known for keeping its own version of chotis music. Salamanca is home to tuna , a form of serenade played on guitar , bandurria and tambourine , traditionally by students in medieval clothing.
The cajón de tapeo, tapeador, cajón de tamboreo or Mexican cajon is a wood box drum traditional to southern Mexico. It is played by slapping the top face with a piece of wood in one hand, and a bare hand. It was developed as a substitute of the tarima de baile (wood sound-box platform for zapateado dancing) [1] of Oaxaca and Guerrero. It ...
Mateo Flecha (Catalan: Mateu Fletxa; 1481–1553) was a Catalan composer born in Kingdom of Aragon, in the region of Prades.He is sometimes known as "El Viejo" (the elder) to distinguish him from his nephew, Mateo Flecha "El Joven" (the younger), also a composer of madrigals.
The Cancionero de Palacio (Madrid, Biblioteca Real, MS II–1335), or Cancionero Musical de Palacio (CMP), also known as Cancionero de Barbieri, is a Spanish manuscript of Renaissance music. The works in it were compiled during a time span of around 40 years, from the mid-1470s until the beginning of the 16th century, approximately coinciding ...
Anthony León (born 14 February 1997) is an American-born, Cuban and Colombian operatic tenor.He has won prestigious competitions such as the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2023 and the Operalia Competition in 2022, where he received both the first prize and the Zarzuela prize.
Cajón de rumba Mahogany Supertumba by 63rd Street Percussion The cajones de rumba are wooden boxes used as rhythmic percussion instruments in some styles of Cuban rumba . There are different types of cajones, namely the cajón tumbadora , the cajón bajo and the cajita , all of which are hand-struck.
Malinche, un musical de Nacho Cano (or Malinche) is a Spanish-language stage musical, based on the life of the Nahuan slave known as La Malinche. [1] It premiered at the IFEMA Fairground in Madrid in 2022, [2] [3] [4] and will be produced in Mexico featuring a Mexican cast. [5] [6] An English-language production has also been performed by the ...