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Latin American music, musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese. These traditions reflect the distinctive mixtures of Native American, African, and European influences that have shifted throughout.
Latin American folk and popular music comprises numerous musical styles and genres that have emerged over time in specific countries or regions. These styles originate in the indigenous, European, and African heritage of Latin America; the particular combination of influences varies by country, region, and social group.
Although musical nationalism dominated Latin American art music in the early 20th century, the trend had its opponents. Some composers openly reacted by adhering to the latest international techniques and aesthetics.
Latin American music - Colonial, Indigenous, African: The Spanish and Portuguese brought their Roman Catholic religious music to the colonies. They built modest churches in the mission towns and sumptuous cathedrals in the main urban centres, and they performed and taught the official music of the Roman Catholic rites.
Throughout Latin America, 19th-century art music was dominated by opera and lighter musical theatre, songs, and piano music, as was a large part of the musical life of Europe. During the first half of the century, most countries made an effort to encourage artistic activity.
The genres of Latin American and Caribbean urban popular music that developed in the 20th century incorporated musical instruments of all three traditions, most often European string, woodwind, brass, and keyboard melodic instruments supported by Indian or African-derived harmonic and rhythmic instruments.
Latin American dance, dance traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese.
In the decades leading to 1940, Latin American melodies and dance rhythms made their way farther northward into the United States, while the sounds of American jazz spread through the Caribbean and Central and South America.
history of Latin America, history of the region from the pre-Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.
Salsa, hybrid musical form based on Afro-Cuban music but incorporating elements from other Latin American styles. It developed largely in New York City beginning in the 1940s and ’50s, and it peaked in popularity in the 1970s. A dance associated with the music is also known as ‘salsa.’.