| Latin ballad | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Bolero, French and Italian ballads |
| Cultural origins | Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Brazil |
| Typical instruments | Vocal, guitar, piano |
| Mainstream popularity | Very popular in Latin America, Spain, and moderate in the United States |
The Latin or romantic ballad is a Latin music genre that originated in the 1960s. Some of the best known artists of the Latin ballad are Luis Miguel, David Bisbal, Dhario Primero, Julio Iglesias, Cristian Castro, José Luis Perales, Roberto Carlos and Raphael among others. In recent decades it has become the dominant musical genre of Latin pop.
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The ethnomusicologist Daniel Party defines the romantic ballad as "a love song of slow tempo, played by a solo singer Accompanied by an orchestra Usually" .[1]
The ballad and bolero are often confused and it register in one or the other category without too many presicion. The distinction between them is referring primarily to a more sophisticated and more metaphorical language and subtle bolero, compared with a more direct expression of the ballad.
Party stressed that the romantic ballad derive from "Latin common sensibility"[1] He draws on the research of Jesus Martin-Barbero to highlight that the romantic ballad is an expression of a broader cultural process, called by Martin-Barbero as "emotional integration in Latin America", a phenomenon that would explain a generalization of the ways of feeling and express the emotions of the Latinos, through gestures, sounds, rhythms and cadences common literary devices, linked in turn to the soap opera.[2]
The Latin or romantic ballad has its origin in the Latin American bolero in 50 years (Lucho Kitten, Leo Marini), but also in the romantic song in Italian (Nicola Di Bari) and French (Charles Aznavour) in years 60 and 70.
In Mexico, the first ballad that is registered as such is "Sonata de Amor" (Sonata of Love) of Mario Alvarez in 1961. In 1965 the famous bolero singer Armando Manzanero, recorded his first ballad, "Pobres besos míos" (My Poor Kisses).
The heyday of the ballad was reached in the mid-70's, where artists such as José José, Camilo Sesto, Raphael, Roberto Carlos, Rocío Dúrcal and others took big hits market in worldwide as "El triste" (The Sad One), "La nave del olvido" (The ship of oblivion), "Te extraño" (I miss you), "Amar y querer" (Love and love), or "Gavilán o paloma" (pigeon or hawk), "El pasado" (The Past), "Volcán" (Volcano) or "Lo que no fue no será" (What it was not) of José José; "Amigos" (Friends) or "Detalles" (Details) of Roberto Carlos, "Fresa Salvaje" (Wild Strawberry), "Perdóname" (Forgive) or "Vivir Así es Morir de Amor" (Die Live Love So) by Camilo Sesto. The Spanish Rocío Dúrcal had great success world in both Wagons as Ballads, it was known as "La Dama de la canción" (the Lady of Song), his successes in his ballads include "Costumbres" (Customs), "Amor Eterno" (Eternal Love), "Diferentes" (Different), among many others that were released in Latin America.[3]
These songs have today a great recognition in Latin America.
In the course of their decades of existence merged with diverse rhythms African Americans and local to form several variants, such as salsa and cumbia romantic between others.
From the 1990s, globalization and media internationalization processes that integrated contributed to the romantic ballad spread internationally and further homogenize around a common Latino identity. As part of the Latin Americanization of the United States and the dominant presence in the genre of multinational record labels, Miami has become the main producer of ballads[4] which in turn has fed back trends of migration of performers, producers and musicians Latinos and Spanish to that city .