Son, la antesala de la salsa
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Son, la antesala de la salsa (Son,the prelude to Salsa) is a documentary
outlining the birth of Son
in 1582, with the Quartet formed by Pascual de Ochoa, Pedro Almanza and the sisters Teodora and Micaela de la Mateodora.
The video covers a well-organized narration of the trajectory of Son up to Ignacio Piñeiro
's Septeto nacional
with famous singer Abelardo Barroso
and footages of Son dance.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
outlining the birth of Son
Son (music)
The Son cubano is a style of music that originated in Cuba and gained worldwide popularity in the 1930s. Son combines the structure and elements of Spanish canción and the Spanish guitar with African rhythms and percussion instruments of Bantu and Arará origin...
in 1582, with the Quartet formed by Pascual de Ochoa, Pedro Almanza and the sisters Teodora and Micaela de la Mateodora.
The video covers a well-organized narration of the trajectory of Son up to Ignacio Piñeiro
Ignacio Piñeiro
Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez was a black Cuban musician and composer whose career started in rumba, and flowered in the rise of the son. He was one of the most important composers of son music; in total he wrote about 327 numbers, mostly sones.Piñeiro was a brilliant rumbero who worked with musical...
's Septeto nacional
Septeto Nacional
Septeto Nacional , or the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro, is a group credited with expanding the Son musical style before Arsenio Rodríguez. It added the trumpet to percussion, vocals, and strings. The group started as a sextet in 1927 in Central Havana...
with famous singer Abelardo Barroso
Abelardo Barroso
The singer Abelardo Barroso Dargeles was the first sonero mayor to be recognized as such by the Cuban public. He was the lead singer of the Sexteto Habanero from 1925, recorded with the Sexteto Boloña in 1926, and joined the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro in 1927...
and footages of Son dance.