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"Nuestro Cuatro: Volumen 1", The Puerto Ricans and their stringed instruments. An unprecedented documentary that reveals the emotional story of the development and the history of the music and stringed instruments traditions of Puerto Rico. "Nuestro Cuatro: Volumen 2", Un Concierto Histórico/A Historical Concert. The conclusion of the video ...
Edwin Colón Zayas (October 27, 1965), is a Puerto Rican cuatro player from Puerto Rico.He joins a large number of Puerto Rican artists, "innovative tradition-bearing," [1] who focus their talents in extolling the virtues of the Puerto Rican creole and Jíbaro way of life.
The word cuatro was used to represent the number of strings that the instrument initially had, but a 10 stringed, 5 course cuatro was made in 1887, as shown in a photograph taken in 1916. By 1922, cuatro music was being played on Puerto Rican radio stations, like "Los Jíbaros de la Radio" (1932) and "Industrias Nativas" (1934).
English: Historic model of the Puerto Rican "Cuatro," a type of guitar from Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Picture taken in the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña Picture taken in the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña
William Richard Cumpiano (born April 30, 1945) is a builder of stringed musical instruments and is known for his writing and teaching of the art of luthiery.He has been involved in the preservation and understanding of the fading musical and musical craft traditions of his native Puerto Rico.
El Cuatro de Puerto Rico evolved from four to six to a ten-string instrument. Cachi Cachi music, also spelled Kachi Kachi, Kachi-Kachi [1] and Katchi-Katchi, [2] is a term that was coined to refer to music played by Puerto Ricans [3] in Hawaii, after they migrated to Hawaii in 1901.
Mayagüez Mall is a shopping mall located in the municipalities of Mayagüez and Hormigueros.It is the third largest shopping center in Puerto Rico with a total of 1,050,000 square feet (98,000 m 2) [1] of retail space, and it is the main shopping center in western Puerto Rico.
Christian Nieves is a Puerto Rican cuatro player. Nieves is mostly known for having been a performer in the American reality television series Q'Viva!:The Chosen, where his performance became famous for bringing singer Jennifer Lopez to tears who considered the melody very emotional.