Rafael Antonio Nazario / Raf Nazario: CDs, Scores, Music
Palmera (Danza)
2001
Palmera is a Danza. It originally formed part of a suite I had composed a few years back, entitled San Juan Harbor.
Danza was the predominant musical form in Puerto Rico (and Cuba) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Danza was melodically rich, piano music in the European classical tradition and later, ensemble music for dancing and inexorably, courting. Danza is to Salsa music what Ragtime is to Jazz. There is sentimental attachment, yes, but the form is still revered in P. R. for its lyricism and purity of expression, as it predates the United States’ occupation, appropriation and eventual cultural takeover of the island.
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