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Chamame
Chamame is a folk music genre from the Argentine Mesopotamia ("Litoral") and Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil.
Jesuit Reductions in the area impulsed a cultural growth in the area that lasted until the Jesuits were expelled by the Spanish Crown in the late 18th century. Within this area, Yapeyu in Corrientes was a centre of musical culture that many point to as the birth place of the original Chamame. Further mixing with instruments such as the Spanish guitar, then the violin and the accordion, finally resulted in what we currently know under the name of Chamame. There are recordings of early 20th century, and the term 'Chamame' was already used in 1931, previously often referred to as the ''Corrientes' Polka''.
The Chamame, original Schottis brought by the Volga German inmigrants, has a terminological Guarani contribution, mix with the Spanish guitar and the European accordion from those immigrants that arrived to the area at the beginning of the 20th century.
Among the most important Chamame figures we can name Raul Barboza, Antonio Tarrago Ros, Ernesto Montiel, Transito Cocomarola, Mario Millan Medina, and modern musicians Chango Spasiuk, Mario Bofill or Alejandro Brittes.
See also
Music of Argentina
External links
Chamame Radio and portal (Spanish - Chamame site & online radio)
Chamame site (Spanish and Portuguese)
Corrientes Chamame (Spanish - Chamame site with information)
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