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The origins of the music are traced to the land of El Cibao, where merengue cibaeño and merengue típico are the terms most musicians use to refer to classical merengue. The word Cibao was a native name for the island, although the Spanish used it in their conquest to refer to a specific part of the island, the highest mountainous range.
The term meringue, a whipped egg and sugar confection popular in eighteenth-century France, was adopted presumably because it captured the essence of the light nature of the dance where one gracefully shifts one's weight between feet in a very fluid movement, animating the final section of the Haitian kontradans.
The music of the Dominican Republic is primarily influenced by Western European music, with Sub-Saharan African and native Taino influences. The Dominican Republic is mainly known for its merengue and bachata music, both of which are the most famous styles of music in the Dominican Republic, and have been exported and popularized around the world.
Merengue típico (also known as merengue cibaeño or colloquially as perico ripiao) is a musical genre of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest style of merengue. Merengue típico is the term preferred by most musicians as it is more respectful and emphasizes the music's traditional nature.
Merengue rhythm. [5]Merengue music and dance rose to popularity in the Dominican Republic during the Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo from 1822 to 1844. [4] After the occupation ended, Dominican merengue was changed to distance its origins from Haiti.
Meringue (/ m ə ˈ r æ ŋ / mə-RANG, [1] French: [məʁɛ̃ɡ] ⓘ) is a type of dessert or candy, of French origin, [2] traditionally made from whipped egg whites and sugar, and occasionally an acidic ingredient such as lemon, vinegar, or cream of tartar.
Merengue music was not heard outside the Dominican Republic until Eduardo Brito brought it to New York in the 1930s. It became even more popular in the 1960s with more Dominican immigration.
"Music and Dictatorship," the second chapter, described the genre under the rule of Rafael Trujillo. [2] The dictator preferred merengue over bachata and pushed the former to be more prominent. [3] The conclusion gives a comparison between the subject to other popular music in other countries. [4]