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Canción melódica is a Spanish popular song tradition centered on emotive, melody-forward ballads delivered by powerful vocalists and framed by lush, orchestral arrangements. It is the Spanish counterpart to Europe’s mainstream schlager and the Italian canzone tradition, but with clear ties to…

Music of Yucatán refers to the constellation of traditional, popular, and indigenous styles practiced on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, especially around Mérida. It encompasses elegant salon-bred genres such as trova yucateca, social-dance forms like jarana yucateca, and living Maya ceremonial and…

Bolero is both a Spanish dance-music form from the late 18th century and, later, a Cuban song style from the late 19th century.