contradanza

Borrowed from Spanish contradanza.

contradanza (countable and uncountable, plural contradanzas)

1. (music) A popular Cuban dance music genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre.
   • 1982 December 27, Edward Rothstein, “Music: 40 Songs of Cuba”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, page C12:

     The music of Cuba has had a worldwide influence on forms of song and dance. René Buch who conceived and directed a musical “collage” called “¡Habana!” at the Repertorio Español on East 27th Street, points out the influence on Spain, for example, which received ‘habaneras’ and ‘contradanzas’ from Cuba; in this century, in the 1920's, the “rumba” and such songs as “El Manisero” and “Siboney” made their way north to become part of United States culture.

   • 2018 March 5, Brian Seibert, “Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The programming was far from random. The habanera is a hybrid seed of great potency. An adaptation of the European contradanza by slaves from West Africa, it is not only an early version of a New World rhythm that took over the globe, but also a direct ancestor for much of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.

• contra dance
• danzón

• contradanza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from French contredanse.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kontɾaˈdanθa/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontɾaˈdansa/
• Rhymes: -anθa
• Rhymes: -ansa
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧dan‧za

contradanza f (plural contradanzas)

1. contradanza

• “contradanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10