Conga del Fuego Nuevo

Composer: MÁRQUEZ, Arturo
  • The “New Fire” part of the title is a reference to a pre-Columbian Mexican ceremonial practice.1
  • Genre: the conga is a dance-music genre of Afro-Cuban origin. It is part of the festivities during Carnival celebrations in Latin America, danced by comparsas (groups of masked singers / dancers).2

Sources

  1. “Conga del Fuego Nuevo: Arturo Márquez,” The Hollywood Bowl, accessed November 13, 2019, https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/270/conga-del-fuego-nuevo.
  2. Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., s.v. “Conga” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003).

Cut IDs

13175