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Paraguayan polka, also known as danza paraguaya (Paraguayan dance), is a style of music created in
Polca Paraguaya
Paraguayan polka, also known as danza paraguaya (Paraguayan dance), is a style of music created in Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
in the 19th century.
The Paraguayan polka is very different from the traditional polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the ...
, mainly because the Paraguayan version combines ternary and binary rhythm
Rhythm (from Greek , ''rhythmos'', "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions". This general meaning of regular r ...
s, whereas the European only uses binary. The juxtaposition
Juxtaposition is an act or instance of placing two opposing elements close together or side by side. This is often done in order to Comparison, compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences, etc.
Speech
Juxtaposition in literary ...
of the mentioned rhythms gives the peculiar sound that characterizes this style. There are several variants of the Paraguayan polka such as ''polca syryry'', ''polca kyre'y'', ''polca correntina'', ''polca popo'', ''polca saraki'', ''polca galopa'', ''polca jekutu''. All of them are slightly different because of the different influences and styles adopted by the composers in the early years of the Paraguayan polka.
The oldest polkas in Paraguay are from the early 19th century, such as ''Campamento Cerro León'', ''Alfonso Loma'', ''Mamá Cumanda'', ''Che Lucero Aguai'y'', ''Ndarekoi La Culpa'', ''London Karape'' and ''Carreta Guy''.
Celebrated polka composers
*Emigdio Ayala Báez
Emigdio Ayala Báez (August 5, 1917 – February 24, 1993) was a Paraguayan musician. He was born in Escobar, Paraguay, Escobar, a town of the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay.
Beginnings
He started his artistic career with the master Herminio G ...
.
* Agustín Barboza.
* Emilio Biggi.
* Emilio Bobadilla Cáceres.
* Oscar Cardozo Ocampo.
* Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo
Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo (May 14, 1907 – May 5, 1982) was the main reference of the so-called "golden generation" of the Paraguayan popular music and a strict studious of the Paraguayan folk music.
Biography
He was born in Ybycuí on May 14, 1 ...
.
* Hilarión Correa.
* Félix Fernández.
* Emiliano R. Fernández.
* Maneco Galeano.
* Florentín Giménez.
* Herminio Giménez.
* Juan Carlos Moreno González.
* Carlos Noguera.
* Agustín Pío Barrios.
* Eladio Martínez.
* Luis Alberto del Paraná
See also
*Music of Paraguay
The folkloric traditional music of Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazi ...
* Chamamé
References
*Polca Paraguaya
Polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though generally associated with Czech and Central European culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the ...
Polka genres
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