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Latin American Music Cuba Polos Boleros Operetta Romanza: Cancion Canción ("Song") Is A Popular Genre of
Latin American Music Cuba Polos Boleros Operetta Romanza: Cancion Canción ("Song") Is A Popular Genre of
Later, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the canción came under the
influence of the trovador movement. This resulted in the lyrical expression of the
feelings and aspirations of the population. The accompaniment of the guitar
followed naturally, and the canción gradually fused with other forms of Cuban (and
therefore Latin American) music such as the bolero.[2] As a distinguishing mark,
though, the canción never has the full-blooded Afro-Cuban percussion which
marks so much Cuban popular music.