See Also: Falla, Manuel de(encyclopedia)
Manuel I(encyclopedia)
Gimbernat, Don Manuel de(medicine)
Manuel II Palaeologus(encyclopedia)
Manuel I Comnenus(encyclopedia)
Manuel (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Godoy, Manuel de(encyclopedia)
Smith, Alfred E(manuel)(encyclopedia)
Roxas (y Acuna), Manuel(encyclopedia)
Hospital Manuel Belgrano(health)

salsa (sh) and Falla, Manuel de (sh)


salsa (sh)




(Spanish; "sauce")

Contemporary Latin American Dance Music.

Salsa developed in Cuba in the 1940s. It drew upon local musical styles, such as charanga (featuring primarily strings and flute) and the Dance Music of the conjuntos (bands), and blended them with elements of jazz. In the 1950s salsa began to flourish in New York City, where it incorporated traditional Puerto Rican rhythms, and later, elements from Venezuelan and Colombian Music and rhythm and blues. Its stars have included Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Willie Colon.


Falla, Manuel de (sh)




born Nov. 23, 1876, Cadiz, Spain
died Nov. 14, 1946, Alta Gracia, Arg.

Spanish composer.

He studied with Felipe Pedrell and conceived a powerful musical nationalism. His first major work was the opera La vida breve (1905). He lived in Paris (1907-14), where he absorbed the Music of Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and others. The intensely Spanish ballet El amor brujo (1915) gained him further acclaim. The Spanish Civil War caused him to leave Spain for Argentina งใ 1938, and he never returned. His Other works include Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1915), The Three-Cornered Hat (1919), the puppet opera El retablo de maese Pedro (1923; with Federico Garcia Lorca), a harpsichord concerto (1926), and the huge unfinished oratorio L'Atlantida. He is regarded as the greatest Spanish composer of the 20th century.