Habanera (dance)
A habanera is a dance of Afro-Cuban origin that is played in 2/4 time , with the first eighth beat being dotted . This slow dance , related to tango , comes from Cuba's capital Havana . It was developed from European counter dances in the early 19th century .
By the end of this century he was also known in Europe via Spain. Habanera s are culturally closely linked to the music of the people on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, especially in the provinces of Girona ( Calella de Palafrugell ) and Alicante ( Torrevieja ). The Habaneras are considered to be the "lullabies" of Torrevieja. The longing songs sung in slow two-quarter time are mostly about Cuba, salt and love. Ricardo Lafuente , who composed over 130 habaneras in the course of his life, is considered the old master of habanera . In 2016 the annual Habanera Festival took place in Torrevieja for the 62nd time, in which choirs from all over the world, mainly from Europe, take part. In 2016, Cuba presented the winner of the 1955 festival with the choir "Entrovoces". The seven-day festival is visited by around 10,000 visitors annually.
This rhythm can be found in a similar form in the milonga , a discipline of Tango Argentino .
Examples
- The processing of El arreglito in Georges Bizet's opera Carmen into the aria L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
- Sebastian de Yradier's La Paloma
- Pablo de Sarasates Habanera
- Maurice Ravel's Habanera from Rapsodie espagnole
- Ludwig Schmidseder's Habanera