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| | THE FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO IN GUANAJUATO, MÉXICO BY ANA CERVANTES - AUTHOR IN MEXICO CONNECT |
 | | This is popular music, and in the best sense of the word, that is "music of the people." Like the blues and flamenco, it tells of passion, flirtation, heartache, tough times, and the native cheerfulness and optimism, which the human imagination summons to get through all these things. |
 | | One of the hallmarks of this music is the scope it gives to improvisation, not just by the instrumentalists, but also by the singers, with flamboyant vocal adornment and, in the words, on subjects, which are generally topical like politics or the venue of the show. |
 | | Thus the music of the Coro Orfeón Santiago spanned, in its styles, everything from the purest baroque to spirited improvisations by all the singers in the same vein and in the same tradition as the Afro-Cubans, without ever losing its sense of cohesion, commitment, and just awesome craft and musicality. |
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