Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of popular Cuban dance music characterized by the use of violins and flutes along with percussion instruments, piano, bass, and vocals.
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- noun A
traditional ensemble ofCuban dance music .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A New York-based Cuban charanga orchestra that plays old-school Cuban music with a distinctly modern New York twist.
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Charanga Pachanga...the "new Latin dance craze" from Bouffartique y su charanga.
Archive 2009-08-01 phantom of the radio 2009
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EDDIE PALMIERI - who strengthened, refined and extended the Latin music tradition in New York: mambo, charanga, salsa, Afro-Latin funk, Latin jazz - will celebrate his 75th birthday two days early by playing with his salsa orchestra at the Copacabana in Midtown, after an opening set by DJ Bobbito Garcia.
NYT > Home Page 2011
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In 2005, she awoke one morning to discover she could no longer play the flute - the instrument that first helped her make her name as one of the only women playing charanga, an elegant Latin music with Cuban roots.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID GONZALEZ 2011
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Somos una agrupacion tropical de 8 elementos y buscamos un tecladista que tenga talento en los generos de cumbia, charanga, salsa, merengue y bachata.
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We are a group comprised of 8 musicians looking for a keyboard player with talent in latin genres such as cumbia, charanga, salsa, merengue and bachata.
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Starting in 1969, Formell radically modernized Cuban charanga with electric instruments and funky grooves, and over the decades the band has managed to adapt to changing tastes.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Led by its 68-year-old founder and bassist Juan Formell, the group layered brass, vocals, electric guitars and, later, drum machines and synthesizers over a traditional violin- and flute-driven charanga superstructure.
latimes.com - News 2010
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Starting in 1969, Formell radically modernized Cuban charanga with electric instruments and funky grooves, and over the decades the band has managed to adapt to changing tastes.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Inspiring the party is the legendary twelve member orchestra "Estrellas Cubanas", with their classic charanga sound of violin, flute, piano, bass, and percussion.
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