Definitions
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- noun A popular Cuban dance music
genre of the 19th century, or a work composed in this genre
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wide avenues diverging from the mansion, with its belt of brilliant shrubs and flowers, formed shadowy vistas, along which, on the wings of the wind, came a breath of far-off music, like a wooing voice; for the magic of night and distance lulled the cadence of a Spanish _contradanza_ to a trance of sound, soft, subdued, and infinitely sweet.
Pauline's Passion and Punishment Louisa May Alcott 1860
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At first Jack found it somewhat difficult to get through the contradanza, the dance for which Havannah is especially celebrated, but his partner smiled graciously, and assured him that he performed it to perfection.
The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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France' s contredanse, and Spain' s contradanza.
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It began as a dance in the Spanish Courts where it made its way to the Caribbean, Haiti, Bolivia, and Cuba, whereby it was called the contradanza.
Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com 2008
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