Merengue

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Merengue is the national dance of the Dominican Republic: fast music in 2/4 with accordion, the tambora, a double-headed drum, and the güira, a metal scraper. In the 1930s, under the dictator Trujillo, the merengue became the country's official dance music. In the late 1980s Juan Luis Guerra took it, with jazz and pop influences, to an international audience.

Listening

• 
  Ojalá Que Llueva Café · Juan Luis Guerra 4.40, 1989
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  Patacón Pisao · Johnny Ventura y Su Combo Show, 1977
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  El Jardinero · Wilfrido Vargas, 1984
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In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Genre Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 5: Jazz Festival^NL Reader

See also

• Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• Johnny Ventura y Su Combo Show
• Wilfrido Vargas
• Romanticism