Nueva Trova

La Nueva Trova Cubana is a style of music that originated in Cuba mid-1960s, but only in 1973 under this name was an organized form. The organization Movimiento de la Nueva Trova broke up in 1986, while the music direction continue in various forms. The name was formed from the traditional collective term for folk singer Trova (derived from the troubadours of the Middle Ages ) with the addition of " New", which translates approximately to New troubadours. The Nueva Trova combines traditional elements of Cuban folk music with other music genres and is strongly determined by their political and poetic texts, whereby the distribution is given mainly in the Spanish-speaking world.

Much like the Nueva canción in Chile, the singer-songwriter movement in Europe or the protest singers of the United States, the Nueva Trova sat with the subjects apart, were felt by the youth of the 1960s and 1970s as their subject: Vietnam War, imperialism, poverty. However, it also emerged many songs that expressed personal experiences and feelings, including very poetic love songs.

Among the most important representatives of the Nueva Trova include Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanes, Carlos Varela and Vicente Feliu.

In Puerto Rico, parallel and partially in contact with the Cuban Nueva Trova the same direction with singers such as Roy Brown, Andrés Jiménez, Antonio Caban Vale and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son developed

Chronology

1965

Pablo Milanes composed the song Mis 22 años ( My 22 years) that really stand out for its new musical elements and is known by the interpretation of Elena Burke.

1967

Silvio Rodríguez makes an appearance with young poets and singer Teresita Fernández. In the same year he begins with the line of a television program called Mientras tanto ... ( Meanwhile ... ).

In August the 1st International Meeting of the protest song takes place in Havana, organized by the Cultural Center Casa de las Américas.

1968-1969

In February, Casa de las Américas makes contact with Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola to host a concert of the protest song. After the event, the singer Vicente Feliu present, Eduardo Martín Ramos and Rojas were called to the stage to recite his own songs. During the year, Casa de las Américas performs various similar events where other musicians. For the first time, the Spanish singer Paco Ibáñez involved as representatives of Nueva canción.

Because of their common interests exchanges between young musicians in the Casa de las Américas takes place. Please contact with intellectuals and singers from Latin America, which have similar objectives.

The group from Havana established new contacts with singers from other cities of Cuba such as Augusto Blanca in Santiago de Cuba, Miguel Escalona in Camagüey, etc.

Lockable influences are the Beatles, the Baroque music, Spanish and other European popular music and African music. In addition, an approach to the traditional Cuban trova can be identified and the influences of the American Folk Song (Bob Dylan ).

The young Cuban singer get in contact with artists in other countries, such as Paco Ibáñez in Spain, Daniel Viglietti in Uruguay, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Violeta Parra in Argentina and in Chile.

With the inclusion of an extended play for the Center for protest music of the Casa de las Américas, Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodríguez and Noel Nicola initiating what is later called the Nueva Trova.

It created songs for the theater and for short documentaries.

There are a number of personal or community appearances, mostly in the intimate theater of Hubert de Blank, the Museum of Fine Arts and in the auditorium of the University of Havana.

1969

In June, the group is established ( the Cuban Film Institute ) for Tonexperimente ( Grupo de Sonora experimentacion ) of ICAIC. In this way widens the vocal and instrumental repertoire, there are new techniques and new genres incorporated, such as the beat or the Brazilian pop music. The group is founded on the initiative of Alfredo Guevara ( director of ICAIC ) and Haydée Santamaría ( director of the Casa de las Américas ), with Leo Brouwer as a director.

As an act of solidarity publishes the American artist Barbara Dane under their record label Paredón an LP with the first recordings of the group for Tonexperimente of ICAIC.

1969-1971

New music groups such as Moncada, Manguaré etc. arise. There is a prevailing tendency to Andean music, and there are close contacts with the Nueva Canción in Chile.

The organizers of the Cuban Troubadour Festival in Santiago de Cuba load the " young troubadours " one to participate in this and the next few years their records editions.

1972

In December, the first meeting of the "Young Troubadours " in Manzanillo, Oriente instead. It is organized by the Union of Communist Youth of Cuba UJC. It was decided to establish an organization to the young artists, both professional artists as well as those from the amateur level, considering themselves this direction, a frame is.

There will first take tours abroad, in the German Democratic Republic, Chile and Italy. In them participate Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodríguez, Noel Nicola, Augusto Blanca and Eduardo Ramos.

1973

The second national meeting of young troubadours called by its organizers meeting of the Nueva Trova, thus the name of the nueva trova movement was created, which united various forms and genres of their members.

1974

The first long -playing record exclusively with songs by Silvio Rodríguez appears: Días y flores (days and flowers).

A new group of singers appear on the scene, which is later called the " inter-generational " the Nueva Trova. They include Amaury Pérez, Alejandro García ( Virulo ), Ángel Quintero and Alfredo Carol.

Gradually, members leave the group for Tonexperimente of ICAIC, which eventually dissolves.

1978-1979

A new generation of Nueva Trova arises later, among other names, the name Generación de los topos receives Santiago Feliu, Donato Poveda, Alberto Tosca, Carlos Varela, Frank Delgado, Gerardo Alfonso, inter alia,

1980

With the tours of Pablo Milanes and Silvio Rodriguez to Mexico, Argentina and Spain, the top international success of the Nueva Trova begins.

1980-1990

If you can describe the 1970 as the years of development of the Nueva Trova, the 1980s are the years of international success and the anchor in the Cuban culture.

In 1986, the organization of the nueva trova movement dissolves officially, 13 years after its foundation. Since many of the organization and the type of music understood as synonyms, there is initially some confusion.

Gradually, a new generation of troubadours and music groups that are later referred to as La Novísima ( the very latest ) arises. Many artists of this generation can in the time of the Cuban economic crisis of 1993 no longer live on their art and opt for emigration. Most hold still stay connected with Cuba, and even if they have often turned to the Latino rock and pop scene, their origin from the Nueva Trova musical is still unmistakable: David Torrens, Ihosvani Caballero ( Vanito ), Pável Urquiza et al

1995

A new generation of troubadours with their own musical accents created. First of all, give the obligatory musicians the name novísimos ( The very modern; ), but then under the name De la rosa y de la espina ( About the rose and its thorn ) is known, according to a poster 1 Alfredo Rostgard 1967 for the meeting of the protest song for the Casa de las Américas had created.

1999-2002

The series of events A Guitarra Limpia ( with the guitar in hand ), it is the Cultural Pablo de la Torri duck brewing succeeded in bringing together singers from all generations and styles, so that one can speak of a revival of the trova movement.

Related genres

Chile: Nueva Canción, Violeta Parra
Uruguay: Daniel Viglietti
Catalonia: Joan Manuel Serrat
Bolivia: Canto Nuevo
Portugal: Canto Livre and Canção Nova
Brazil: Tropicalia