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Bachata Radio Bachata is a genre of Latin American music that originated in the Dominican Republic in the first half of the 20th century. It is a fusion of Southwestern European influences, mainly Spanish guitar music with some remnants of indigenous Taíno and sub-Saharan African musical elements, representative of the cultural diversity of the Dominican population. The first recorded bachata compositions were performed by José Manuel Calderón from the Dominican Republic. Bachata has its origins in the bolero and the son (and later, from the mid-1980s, the merengue). The original term used to name the genre was amargue (bitter, bitter music, or blues music), until the rather ambiguous (and mood-neutral) term bachata caught on. The way of dancing, bachata, also developed with the music. Bachata arose in the popular areas of the country. During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was viewed as lower-class music by Dominican elites, when it was known as bitter music. The popularity of the genre arose from the late 80s and early 90s, when the rhythm began to reach the mainstream media. The genre was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Bachata A couple dancing bachata The oldest bachata originated in the countryside of the Dominican Republic in the first half of the 20th century. José Manuel Calderón recorded the first bachata song, Borracho de amor in 1962. The mixed genre of pan-Latin American called bolero with more elements coming from son, and the common tradition of troubadour singing in Latin America. For much of its history, the Dominican elite ignored bachata and associated it with rural underdevelopment and crime. As recently as the 1980s, bachata was considered too vulgar, crude, and musically rustic to be broadcast on television or radio in the Dominican Republic. In the 1990s, however, bachata instrumentation shifted from the nylon-string Spanish guitar and maracas of traditional bachata to the electric steel string and guira of modern bachata. Bachata was further transformed in the 21st century with the creation of urban bachata styles by bands such as Monchy and Alexandra and Aventura. These new modern styles of bachata became an international phenomenon, and today bachata is one of the most popular styles in Latin music.

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