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	Music of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This gave birth to the Puerto Rico's native string instruments the cuatro, tiple, and bordonua.
		In the late 1960's, Puerto Ricans invented the genre by combining rock music with Puerto Rican plena, Cuban son montuno with chachachá, mambo, rumba, cumbia and Latin jazz.
		In Puerto Rico, the debate between the rockeros, who prefer rock, and the salseros has become part of a class antagonism between the growing middle class on the island, who prefer rock music from the mainland or the "Spanish rock", and the poor who look upon salsa as their personal heritage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Puerto_Rico (2787 words)

	Puerto Rico's Culture: Music
		During the conversion of Puerto Rico's Amerindians and slaves to Christianity after its colonization by the early Spanish, the only formal music imported from Spain was chants and religious music.
		Their musical form -which might have been the closest thing to a troubador tradition ever development in Puerto Rico- was after used to convey moral lessons, love tragedies, and stories of other kinds.
		Puerto Rican Ricky Martin has the world singing Living La Vida Loca, winner of the 1999 Grammy Award for "Best Latin Pop Performance" and named by the Los Angeles Times as "The Latin Artist to Watch for 1999." Ricky Martin is now -without a doubt- one of the most famous Latin artist in the world.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /culture/music.html (1606 words)

	San Juan, Puerto Rico
		This plaza is the cornerstone of Puerto Rico's commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World, has a sculpture which rises 12 meters (40 feet).
		In 1992, the fortress was restored to its historical form in honor of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Puerto Rico by Christopher Columbus.
		El Capitolio (Capitol Building of Puerto Rico) was built in the 1920's to hold the offices of senators on one wing and those of representatives on the other, with galleries, friezes, mosaics and an impressive rotunda in which Puerto Rico's constitution is exhibited.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /city/sanjuan.shtml (3862 words)

	Puerto Rico's Culture: Music
		One of Puerto Rico's notable exports is its music, which is probably the predominant Caribbean music heard in the United States.
		Also popular during the early and mid-1800s was a narrative tale set to music, sometimes embellished on the spot by a skilled storyteller known as a decime; the tales originated as rigidly metered 10-line stanzas of eight-syllable lines with a rhyme structure that could vary according to the inspiration on the composer.
		Whereas bomba is purely African origin, plena blends elements from Puerto Ricans' wide cultural backgrounds, including music that the Taíno tribes may have used during their ceremonies.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /culture/music.shtml (1606 words)

	Music Genre: Plena - Music of Puerto Rico
		The plena is an important genre of folk music in Puerto Rico and typically associated with coastal regions of the island.
		Music historian Francisco Lopez Cruz makes a distinction between the music and dance components of the plena, claiming that the musical elements can be traced back to songs as around 1875, preceeding the dance elements which can accurately be said to have its roots in Ponce.
		Similar music genres, according to Lopez Cruz, are the "corrido" of Mexico, the "romance" of Spain, the calypso of Trinidad, the "porro" of Colombia and the merengue of the Dominican Republic.
	www.musicofpuertorico.com /index.php/genre/plena (1298 words)

	Music of Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Several international pop-stars have come from Puerto Rico or are of Puerto Rican descend, including Danny Rivera, perhaps the most popular in Puerto Rico itself, alongside Chayanne, J. Lo, Lucecita Benitez and Ricky Martin.
		In the late 1960's, Cubans and Puerto Ricans invented the genre by combining rock Music with Puerto Rican plena, Cuban son montuno with chachachá;, mambo, rumba, cumbia and Latin jazz.
		Even though Puerto Rico claims to be the birthplace of Reggaeton it has hit and become very popular in countries all across Latin America such as the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Cuba and all of Central America and South America.
	music-of-puerto-rico.iqnaut.net (2540 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia
		Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, including Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.
		On July 25, 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico, being a colony of Spain, was invaded by the United States of America with a landing at Guánica.
		A non-voting Resident Commissioner is elected by the residents of Puerto Rico to the U.S. Congress.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Puerto_Rico (3411 words)

	Putumayo Music Puerto Rico AgeVenture Demko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The diverse music of Puerto Rico is reflected in the track selection that features everything from the folky country music of Edwin Colon, Ramito, Pepe Castillo and Andés Jiménez to the gutsy salsa of Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Miranda, and Jimmy Bosch.
		Each of the artists on Puerto Rico embody an aspect of the unique and influential musical character of the island and the collection serves as an essential survey of Puerto Rican music.
		Cuba and Puerto Rico are often described as "two wings of the same bird," and this is certainly evident in their music.
	www.demko.com /cb000522.htm (372 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: Puerto Rican Music Finally Getting Its Due (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The frustration with the lack of recognition given to the Puerto Rican contribution partly stems from the recent boom in Cuban music triggered by the Buena Vista Social Club album and documentary, which coincided with an easing of the United States' cultural boycott of Cuban artists.
		As part of his campaign to reassert Puerto Rico's central role in Latin jazz and salsa, Santos has assembled an unforgettable cast of musicians for "Boricua," which is the indigenous Taino name for someone or something from Puerto Rico.
		Santos' Machete Ensemble and the Puerto Rican players are just one of many Latin jazz, salsa and Afro-Caribbean-influenced groups featured at the San Jose festival this year, an event that truly recognizes that jazz and the Afro-Caribbean tradition are wings of the same bird.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n32/PRMusicDue.shtml (743 words)

	Music of Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 'jibaros' of the highlands of Puerto Rico preserve a rich musical heritage, one which is both uniquely Puerto Rican as well as one which manifests strong ties to its Spanish cultural roots.
		The jibaro music is played by small ensembles consisting mostly of 'cuatros', small double course guitars, that is guitars in which two strings are tuned in unison or octaves; are strung closely together, and plucked as a single string.
		Today, the rhythm of the 'plena' has been adapted to the music of the bands which play in the larger cities of Puerto Rico and compositions in the 'plena' rhythm are arranged in a style similar to that used for other forms of Afro Caribbean music.
	aris.ss.uci.edu /rgarfias/courses/latino/pr1.html (1308 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: Multi-Ethnic Music Flourishes In Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A new generation of Latin-flavored bands is creating a brand of multiethnic music that combines the band members' many cultures with the street sounds that surround them.
		In Puerto Rico, 11-piece Bayanga combines African-rooted Caribbean rhythms inch as salsa, ska and reggae with Brazilian batucada and samba.
		These bands could be considered ambassadors of cultural integration, because they are helping a growing number of listeners understand that the power of music relies on it being a language of its own.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n51/MultiEthnic.shtml (840 words)

	Ah! Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico : Arts and Entertainment : Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Carlos Vasquez, Composer - Born in Mayaguez, VÃ¡zquez studied music at the University of Puerto Rico, University of Pittsburgh, New York University and the Sorbonne in Paris.
		Jose Feliciano, Singer - Jose Feliciano was born in the mountains of Lares.
		Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra - The country's foremost musical ensemble.
	www.ahpuertorico.com /arts_and_entertainment/Music (314 words)

	Music Genre: Bomba - Music of Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Although critics are uncertain about the exact origin of the bomba, it is generally agreed that it is derived from West Africa, through the importation of slaves to Puerto Rico from that region.
		In Puerto Rico, this was typically on the colonial plantations that were common along the coastal plains.
		These African communities in Puerto Rico were forbidden to worship their ancient African gods so they instead fused their customs onto the workship of St James.
	www.musicofpuertorico.com /index.php/genre/bomba (511 words)

	NAL PRODUCTIONS/Explore Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Puerto Rico is the smallest island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean.
		Puerto Ricans love their “coquíes” and have written poems, stories and songs about them.
		The traditional folk music in Puerto Rico tends to be either mostly Spanish (danza, décima, aguinaldo) or mostly African (bomba, plena).
	www.prtc.net /~naldys/aboutpreng.htm (193 words)

	music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Jíbaro music embodies a mix of the musical traditions of Spain, including Moorish elements, especially in the performance of the seis genre.
		This mixture of instruments and rhythms illustrates why scholars call Puerto Rico a creolized society—its culture emerged from the mixing of different traditions.
		The bomba is one of the oldest forms of Puerto Rican music.
	americanhistory.si.edu /vidal/music.htm (495 words)

	Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center - Music, Dance, and Culture of Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Bailes de las Montañas was the principal musical expression of the Jíbaro, the humble and hardworking mountain people who worked the coffee planations and inland farms of Puerto Rico.
		Seis is considered the backbone of Jíbaro music, and has its roots in the musical forms that came to Puerto Rico from Spain during the time of colonization and settlement in the late 17th century.
		Today, many Puerto Ricans associate Jíbaro music with Christmas because of the tradition of parrandas, lively holiday parties that stroll from house to house singing joyful aguinaldos (Christmas songs) and begging for pasteles (Puerto Rican tamales) and coquito (Puerto Rican egg nog).
	www.prfdance.org /brochure/seis.htm (308 words)

	Héctor Campos Parsi, Music of Puerto Rico
		Note: We are in the process of expanding the contents of this resource on Puerto Rican music history and the life of Hector Campos Parsi.
		To understand the importance of Campos Parsi's work for Puerto Rico one must consider the multitude of projects in which he was involved.
		He was actively involved in promoting classical music to a broader audience through his work with the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, WIPR the public radio and television stations, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and the Casals Festival.
	www.josemontalvo.net /diss/intro.htm (1628 words)

	Bio Of TONY ALICEA / Rock Music in Puerto Rico
		I loved their music and would had loved to get a guitar except that my previous 'hobbies' had cost my parents a lot of money that they didn't have: We were the only family in this neighborhood in which the wife had to work to make it possible to live there.
		We were arguably the best band in Puerto Rico of that age group, according to the local TV Guide and most everyone else.
		Puerto Rico showed then, and without a doubt, that it had rock bands as good as any that could be found in the mainland.
	www.geocities.com /~tony-alicea/bio2.html (2307 words)

	Jesus Army: Open Directory: Regional: Caribbean: Puerto Rico: Arts and Entertainment: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Born in Mayaguez, Vázquez studied music at the University of Puerto Rico, University of Pittsburgh, New York University and the Sorbonne in Paris.
		Jose Feliciano was born in the mountains of Lares.
		Music from Puerto Rican and Latin American composers interpreted by pianist René Ramos in MIDI format.
	www.jesus.org.uk /pod/Regional/Caribbean/Puerto_Rico/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music (202 words)

	Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center -- Marta Casals Istomin
		For five years after his death, she was co‑Chairman of the Board and Music Director of the Casals Festival Organization and was instrumental in translating many ideas into new programs.
		She leads a faculty of approximately 300 and a staff of 80, including direction and approval of all matters from daily maintenance of the building to presentation of concerts and operas, academic requirements and music curriculum for all students.
		Responsible for the artistic policies and programming for music, opera, and dance, she focused on presenting American artists of distinction while maintaining a balance in programming international artists and companies.
	www.music.indiana.edu /som/ejmccf/honorees/mcasals.html (976 words)

	About Puerto Rico . . . Music
		Music lovers will find a new paradise: both popular and classical music is played daily at most radio stations and on many daily programs on local television stations around the island.
		Live music is also present at countless popular festivals and the traditional patron saint festivities held annually at most municipalities.
		A directory of Puerto Rican musical trios is available at Directorio de Tríos Puertorriqueños.
	www.dollarman.com /puertorico/music.html (137 words)

	World Music Central - Jibaro Hasta el Hueso, Mountain Music of Puerto Rico
		After having lost popularity in favor of pop music during the urban population explosion of the 1950s, música jíbara enjoyed a resurgence in the 1960s and 70s, when the currents of racial and cultural pride surging in the U.S. spread to the island.
		Today, the mere sound of this music can provoke a cheer among Puerto Ricans, and is seen as a national musical flag.
		Diaz emerged from the jíbaro resurgence of the 1970s as one of its premier performers, and was named the "national trovador of Puerto Rico" in 1974 by the Institute of Puerto Rican culture.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php?story=20030929191711931 (339 words)

	World Music Central - Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest Kicks Off June 2nd
		San Juan, Puerto Rico (PRNewswire) - Warm weather, beautiful beaches, diverse activities and authentic Latin culture, cuisine and history -- these are the experiences thousands of jazz lovers will enjoy at the 15th Annual Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest taking place June 2-5, at the Tito Puente Amphitheater in San Juan.
		The Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest features Latin Jazz every night, and has become the premier jazz event in the Caribbean, among the most respected by musicians.
		Jazz enthusiasts interested in traveling to Puerto Rico can get more information about the island at http://www.gotopuertorico.com or by calling (800) 866-7827.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20050520083509520 (397 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: Fishy Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After a Jan. 12 concert at a packed Coliseo Roberto Clemente in its native Puerto Rico, rock band La Secta traveled to Miami to mix the audio for a TV special based on the show.
		In Puerto Rico alone, the disc has sold close to 100,000 copies.
		"In Puerto Rico, when people say `un pescadito' (a little fish), it refers to someone trying to trick you," bass player Mark Kilpatrick explains.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2002/vol6n13/FishyBus-en.shtml (156 words)

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