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History of Bachata, The guitar music of the Dominican Republic
Bachata is a popular guitar music from the Dominican Republic. Now overwhelmingly successful among Latinos in the United States, bachata took shape over a period of about forty years in the bars and brothels of Santo Domingo, not gaining acceptance in its native land until about ten years ago. Young groups like Aventura have a similar relationship to original bachata as rock and rollers do to the blues, which has languished in the shadow of its more commercially viable descendant.
In fact, the parallel between bachata and the blues is marked. Although bachata developed out of, and bachateros play, a variety of different rhythms, notably including merengue, the music which is specifically called bachata is a variant of the bolero. The bolero in Latin culture has traditionally been a romantic music, dealing with themes like deception and lost love. The bachatero, like the bluesman, sings about pain and trouble; one difference, though, is that while the bluesman hops on a southbound freight and keeps moving, the bachatero gets as far as the neighborhood bar and looks for solace in a bottle of rum in a dark corner!
The genre has passed through several phases since José Manuel Calderón recorded what is generally recognized as the first bachata single (“Borracho de amor” and “Que será de mi (Condena)”) in 1961. Indeed, long before Calderón, guitar music was the music of choice in the places of ill repute which became home to bachata. The guitar and guitar music like bolero and son were also the staples of the campo, the countryside, and with the death of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961 a number of musicians left the campo to record in the capital. The dictator’s family had virtually monopolized the music industry in the country, and when he was killed entrepreneurs began recording the first generation of bachateros. At this point the music was not yet referred to as bachata, but rather as “bolero campesino”. The word bachata originally denoted an informal party where guitar music was generally played—only later did it come to signify the music itself, and then in a denigrating manner.
When Calderón recorded, bachata was essentially a type of bolero, very little different from the Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian, Mexican and Peruvian music that inspired it. In subsequent years, the music began to define itself as a genre which, while still based principally on the bolero rhythm, is easily distinguishable from it. In order to understand these changes it is useful to divide the genre into the following categories, each of which roughly corresponds to a time period:
-- David Wayne
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Aparte de las "mujeres",la bacha es lo mejor de RD.
La bachata es la mejor musica acualmente,en la republica dominicana.
la bachatta es una de mi preferencia es lo mejor
Me gusta bachata!!!!!<3 jajajaja
la bachata y el merengue es del dominicano cuando se toca uno de estos ritmos es como volver ser dominicano
Jonathan, fue Jose Manuel Calderon, y poco despues Efrain Morel.
hola me llamo jonathan,,y kiero saver cual fue el primer artista en grabar bachata en republica dominicana ,,que alguien me diga por favor ,,gracias
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The second singer that recorded bachata is July Paulino;
"Quiero Hacerte Feliz" Y "Mujer Querida", back in 1962
Right After Calderon, July Paulino recoded "Quiero Hacerte Feliz'' and "falsa Mujer"
prince royce is the best love u big fan
Olá alguém poderia me dizer como eu faço para comprar o DVD do BACHATA CHRONICLES "THE DOCUMENTARY"?
eu agradeço de coração.
creo que ante de ser bachata,. hay que mencionar la música del guardia cobrao, merengue típico, música de monteadentro. entoce la funciones de esos genero dan la bachata.
me gusto esto es muy imformativo y me ayudo muchooo en la materia de baile grasias por estoo
prince royce is gay but so sexy wepa
Prince Royce is the BEST!! <33
"a type of bolero, very little different from the Puerto Rican, Ecuadorian, Mexican and Peruvian music that inspired it."
And Cuba..?
Dominicano/as Activa/os.........................Yo soy dominicana 100% I love being Dominican :D ee
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Buenas noches a todos los dominicanos y colombianos... Aventura, se sobra como patos... Amen.
Absolutely love the music, it is so romantic and has such a smooth flow. Turning family & friends onto BACHATA
Interesting!
bachata is a fun dance!
So there is different types of Bachata? I know it can be quick or slow but are there different types?...I.dn.k.t.
good information, excellent job ppz I love Bachata <3
Hi my friend I love bachata I m from Puerto Rico I need somebody tell me who sing I song. Name la ba a pagar . Ok thanks
Can someone say a little about how the guitar style or the way the guitar is played has changed from early bachata and now?
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What sources were used for this article?
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yea lets go bachata!!! vamanos dominicanos all day guys OMG like prince royce is like the bommb ya feel me ya tu sabe. peace. asta luego.
me and jordyn were dancing to bachata in dance class!(:
Pero, porque no dice nada de Anthony Santos, Grupo Aventura, Frank Reyes, Elvis Martinez, Raulin Rodriguez, Luis Miguel del Amargue, Los Roba Corazones etc., y todo los otros bachateros por alla de la nueva generacion 21 (2011)? Pero me gusta todo esta informacion, y me ayudo con un Essay que ise de bachata.
i love barchata music is my favorite music .... aventura is my favorite group!!!! number one KOB
i love bachata its amazing ajaj n its so freaken romantic to dance with your girlfriend :)
i love bachata its da bomm lol forreal..
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hey im emmma pacheco lol im hear again that i like aventura more than my life
i love bachata!!!!! my favorite song is stand by me by prince royce. i also like aventura. l really do love bachata.
i love bachata !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey my name is jessica orosco n i love aventura n im like so gana die wen i see them like omg lol totaly aha
I love Bachata,but i don't like bachata pop groups like Aventura and Extreme, but I love the real bachata music, like Antony Santos, Luis Vargas, Joe Veras, Raulin Rodriguez...you know, the music really from the Dominican Republic, and not that fake pop-chata from NY or the USA.
Bachata is the shiz nit
i luv bachata..