Romantic Songs and Afro-Caribbean Dances Flashcards
From Argentina: Tango
Early 20th century
Bass rhythm derived from habanera
Agustin Lara: Arrancame La Vida
Piano, bandoneon, violin
Tango-cancion
Music’s Caribbean Circuit
Musicians traveled around
Involves Cuba, Columbia, Yucatan and Vera Cruz
Imported musics adapted and adopted
Bolero
adopted by Mexicans
resurrection from younger singers that covered boleros
Originally from cuba and arrived to Mexico on the 1920’s
Bolero Cubano: Cuban Cinquillo (syncopated rhythm)
Mexican Bolero: Rhythm squared, stress on beats 1,3 and 4
agustin Lara, Mujer ( women) piano, violín, maracas- mexican bolero
Agustin Lara
Born around 1900-1970
Born in Veracruz
Played in brothels, small cabarets, revues
Started to become Famous late 1920’s
Wrote over 500 songs
In 1930 he was given his own radio show: La Hora Azul
Wrote music for films
Imposible” cuban bolero/ Piano, violín, calves
The Bolero in Mexican Culture
Urban Modernity straight from the cities
Poetry is refined
New romanticism more realistic and more urban life of the cities
Urban topics: Nightlife, cabarets, prostitutes, the fallen women
Lara, “Aventura”
Great Boleristas
Alberto Dominguez/ Frenesi/perfida
Big band arrangement, Latin ting
Consuelo Velazquez, “Besame mucho” (1941)
Bolero: Performance practice
Piano, Violin, same percussion
Big band
Mariachi
Female duet
Beatles also covered some boleros
Classic ensemble: Trio covered
Trio (1950’s)
Three men, soft voices
There is a lead voice and the other do harmony (2-3)
Two- three guitars
Lead guitar (requinto)
Maracas
Introduction by requinto, one or more stanzas, requinto, stanza
example : “ Sin Ti” by PepeGuizar, Trio Los Panchos
Danzon
Cuba (1880’s)
Sectional: ABACA
Cinquillo cubano (clave)
Clarinet, brass, piano, Latin percussion
Restrained sensuality
Danzon in Mexico
Popular in the 1920’s
Place: salon Mexico
Band’s: Sonora Matancera
Acerina y su Danzonera, “ Salon Mexico”
Danzón en Veracruz
Adopted in Veracruz
Second “regional music” and dance
Revival in recent years
Mambo
From cuba 1930’s
Arrived in mexico in the 1950’s
In mexico: Damasco Perez Prado (1950’s)
Big Band arrangements, bright sound, virtuosic brass
Popular in films, “exotic” females
Perez Prado, “que rico mambo”
Cumbia
Comes from the coastal region of columbia
Used to be folk music and dance
Then it moved to the city and become more urban with brass
Cumbia has a very distinct trait: scrapper
To Mexico, Late 1940’s
“Cubia Cienaguiera’ ( first recorded in Mexico)
(1970s, with hammond organ)
Cumbia in Mexico
1960’s-70’s
Mike Laure
Incorporated Rock Instruments (drum kit)
“La Rajita de canela” ( cinnamon stick)
Rigo Tovar
Smaller ensemble: reduced brass, electric bass, electric organ (Hammod) faster tempo
“Mi Matamoros querido” cover by Placita
Cumbia
Can be performed by many ensembles and many instrumental mixes
Norteno style it can be performed
1990: synthesizer (keyboards), guitars, latin percussion
Selena “Bidi bidi bom bom”
