Bolero
Bolero refers to two distinct genres of slow-tempo Hispanic music and their dances.[1] The oldest type of bolero came from Spain during the late 18th century.[2]
The second type of bolero was also a slow musical form, from late 19th century Cuba. It was sung by itinerant trovadors (travelling singers) whose main accompaniment was the guitar.[3]
The bolero survives today as a slow music and dance form.
Bolero Media
Pepe Sánchez (guitar, left) and Emiliano Blez (tres) with three singers (standing)
Julio Jaramillo, a prolific Ecuadorian bolero singer and recording artist who performed throughout Latin America.
Bolero Artistas para la Habana, sung by Emilio Cabello. Spain, 1910.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Carpentier, Alejo 2001 [1945]. Music in Cuba. Minneapolis MN.
- ↑ Grut, Marina; Guest & Ivor Forbes 2002. The Bolero School: an illustrated history of the bolero, the seguidillas and the escuela bolera: syllabus and dances. Dance Books. ISBN 978-1-85273-081-9
- ↑ Loyola Fernández, Jose 1997. En ritmo de bolero: el bolero en la musica bailable cubana. Huracan, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
