Habanera (music)
A Habanera is a syncopated dance Afro-Cuban origin that is played in 2/4-cycle, the first quarter impact is punctured. This slow, related to the tango dance comes from Cuba's capital Havana. It was developed in the early 19th century from the European counter- dances.
By the end of this century he was known about Spain and Europe. Habaneras are culturally closely connected to the music of the people on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, especially in the provinces of Girona ( Calella de Palafrugell ) and Alicante ( Torrevieja).
Similarly, syncopated form to find this rhythm in ragtime again.
Examples
- The processing of El arreglito in Georges Bizet's opera Carmen to the aria L' amour est un oiseau rebelle
- Sebastian de La Paloma Yradiers
- Pablo de Sarasate's Habanera
- Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole habanera from the
- Cuban Dance
- Couple dance
- Music ( Cuba)
- Style of Latin American music
- Carmen