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Why Is It Important To Identify And Make Up Catalonia?

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Music and Culture are factors that identify and make up Catalonia today. Some of us may know a lot about Catalan Music and some know nothing at all and that’s the reason I am writing this essay today. In this written piece, I will explore and give you an insight into the development and significance of some popular Catalan music genres in the 20th Century. The genres I will be discussing are: Nova Canco, Catalan rumba and Catalan Rock. Each of these genres have developed and are significant in their own way.

Nova Canco

This genre of music was (and is) significant as to how and why it was formed. It first came to light in 1962. Under the Franco Regime starting in 1936 in Spain, people were restricted as to what they could do as regards being proud and promoting their culture. Franco believed …show more content…

I feel my question has been answered, as you can see from the above discussion and essay, Different music genres have their relative significance and development. Whether it is the movement of the Nova Canco against the Franco regime, which inspired other regions across Spain to do the same thing, the fact that the gypsies created their own type of music on their own native streets yet eventually the Rumba came to light regardless of the social opinion of the gypsies themselves or the boom of the Catalan rock out of nowhere to a great downfall that was not expected in such a small period of time. These genres of music have had an effect on the culture of Catalonia and the well-being of people that live there. Some of these genres have sparked questions – Is it ok that gypsies are writing and recording songs? Has the surge in Catalan Rock brought back the whole idea of an independent

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