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the heartbreak that learned to dance, born in Dominican brothels and now sold out in Paris
means A genre of romantic, guitar-driven music from the Dominican Republic, and the close, swaying partner dance that goes with it.
from From Dominican Spanish 'bachata,' which originally meant a rowdy party, a get-together, a good time — a word with no fancy pedigree, born of the working-class and the rural poor. When this music emerged in the mid-20th century it was dismissed by polite society as 'música de amargue' (music of bitterness) and tagged with the lowly party-word 'bachata' almost as an insult. The name stuck, the snobbery faded, and the heartbreak danced on.
- origin
- Born in 1960s Dominican Republic shantytowns and bars
- banned vibe
- Trujillo's regime dismissed it as vulgar music
- the count
- Four steps, hip pop on the fourth beat
- sad roots
- Early name was 'amargue' — bitterness
- guitar driven
- Built on requinto, segunda, bass, bongo, güira
juan luis guerra — dominican musician who revolutionized bachata in the 1980s-90s, winning 33 grammy awards
romeo santos — dominican-american singer whose 2010 album 'obsesión' brought bachata to mainstream global audiences
aventura — dominican-american group that popularized bachata in new york city from the 1990s onward