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The Music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources of Puerto Rico have primarily included African, Taino Indigenous, and European influences. Puerto Rican music culture today comprises a wide and rich variety of genres, ranging from essentially native ...
The Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña (English: Museum of Puerto Rican Music) is a museum in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that showcases the development of Puerto Rican music, with displays of Taíno, Spanish, and African musical instruments that were played in the romantic danza genre, the favorite music of 19th-century Puerto Rican high society, as well as the more African-inspired bomba and plena ...
Puerto Rican jíbaro in a sugar-cane field during harvest, ca. 1941. Jíbaro ( Spanish: [ ˈ x i β a ɾ o]) is a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people who farm the land in a traditional way. The jíbaro is a self-subsistence farmer, and an iconic reflection of the Puerto Rican people.
San Juan ( / ˌsæn ˈhwɑːn /, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; Spanish for "Saint John ") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259.
Notable works. Histórico de Puerto Rico and El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico. Tomás Blanco (December 9, 1896 – April 12, 1975) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, narrator, historian, author and physician. [1] Blanco was a writer during the 1930s who was known for his critical essays that analyzed the Puerto Rican culture.
P. Plena Libre. Polbo. Ponce Municipal Band. Puerto Rican Power. Puerto Rico All Stars. Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
W. White Lion Records. Wild Dogz. WY Records. Categories: Entertainment companies of Puerto Rico. American record labels. Music organizations based in Puerto Rico.
Though the band now boasts 10 studio albums (11 with Greatest Hits) and has taken home eight Academy of Country Music awards, nine Country Music Association trophies and three Grammys, their rise ...