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De la Cumbiamba al Vallenato: Aproximación cultural, económica y política a la música de acordeón en el Caribe colombiano, 1870-1960

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A partir de los datos aportados por este trabajo se propone que el acordeón llegó por primera vez a las costas del Caribe colombiano en el año 1870, por lo que el instrumento está próximo a cumplir 150 años de presencia en el folclor colombiano. En la década de 1890 se encuentran referencias de los primeros conjuntos de cumbiamba que se componían de acordeón, caja y guacharaca. En la última década del siglo XIX y principios del siglo XX surgieron los primeros intelectuales que discutieron y difundieron la música de acordeón y el folclor costeño en general. En la segunda mitad del siglo XX el vallenato se convirtió en la música de mayor auge, primero en el Caribe colombiano y luego en toda Colombia, desplazando a los otros ritmos costeños como la cumbia y el porro. Su máximo exponente fue el compositor Rafael Escalona y su principal promotor el escritor Gabriel García Márquez, quien reconoció las influencias extra literarias de la música vallenata en sus obras. ******ABSTRACT: This document argues that the Accordion first arrived to the Caribbean coast of Colombia in 1870, which implies that the instrument is about to celebrate 150 years of influence in the culture of the region. There are references in the decade of 1890 that relate to the first musical groups of cumbiamba, which were integrated by an accordion, but also with Caja and Guacharaca. The first intellectuals that commented and spread the music of accordion and the folklore of the Caribbean region emerged during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth. In the second half of the twentieth century, Vallenato became very popular. At first in the Caribbean region, but then in all of the country, displacing other coastal rhythms such as Cumbia and Porro. Its maximum exponent was the composer Rafael Escalona, and its main promoter the writer Gabriel García Márquez, who recognized the influence of this music in its work.

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  • Joaquín Viloria De La Hoz, 2017. "De la Cumbiamba al Vallenato: Aproximación cultural, económica y política a la música de acordeón en el Caribe colombiano, 1870-1960," Cuadernos de Historia Económica 45, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:cheedt:45
    DOI: 10.32468/chee.45
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    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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