Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A style of popular Cuban dance music characterized by the use of violins and flutes along with percussion instruments, piano, bass, and vocals.

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  • noun A traditional ensemble of Cuban dance music.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, short for charanga (francesa), French band, from Spanish charanga, irregular popular orchestra, probably of imitative origin.]

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Examples

  • A New York-based Cuban charanga orchestra that plays old-school Cuban music with a distinctly modern New York twist.

    El Museo Summer Programs 2010 « 2010

  • Charanga Pachanga...the "new Latin dance craze" from Bouffartique y su charanga.

    Archive 2009-08-01 phantom of the radio 2009

  • EDDIE PALMIERI - who strengthened, refined and extended the Latin music tradition in New York: mambo, charanga, salsa, Afro-Latin funk, Latin jazz - will celebrate his 75th birthday two days early by playing with his salsa orchestra at the Copacabana in Midtown, after an opening set by DJ Bobbito Garcia.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • In 2005, she awoke one morning to discover she could no longer play the flute - the instrument that first helped her make her name as one of the only women playing charanga, an elegant Latin music with Cuban roots.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID GONZALEZ 2011

  • Somos una agrupacion tropical de 8 elementos y buscamos un tecladista que tenga talento en los generos de cumbia, charanga, salsa, merengue y bachata.

    craigslist | all community in san diego 2010

  • We are a group comprised of 8 musicians looking for a keyboard player with talent in latin genres such as cumbia, charanga, salsa, merengue and bachata.

    craigslist | all community in san diego 2010

  • Starting in 1969, Formell radically modernized Cuban charanga with electric instruments and funky grooves, and over the decades the band has managed to adapt to changing tastes.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Led by its 68-year-old founder and bassist Juan Formell, the group layered brass, vocals, electric guitars and, later, drum machines and synthesizers over a traditional violin- and flute-driven charanga superstructure.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Starting in 1969, Formell radically modernized Cuban charanga with electric instruments and funky grooves, and over the decades the band has managed to adapt to changing tastes.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Inspiring the party is the legendary twelve member orchestra "Estrellas Cubanas", with their classic charanga sound of violin, flute, piano, bass, and percussion.

    WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief 2010

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