Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Un Sarao de la Chacona


Lovely recording of a dance music of New World origins (and thus, perhaps African influences) that became extremely popular in Spain and the rest of Europe. It enlivened Baroque art music while finding its way into the courtly music of European elites. I could not find much about this particular song, but it dates to the late 16th century or early 17th century. 

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