Pregones (Music)

Here are entered musical works based on a street-seller's cry. This heading is not qualified by medium of performance. For pregones for a specific medium, an additional heading is assigned for the medium of performance.
Here are entered general works on Pregones (Music). This heading may be divided geographically by names of individual regions, countries, states, etc., narrower than those of Latin America or Spain, e.g., [Pregones (Music)--Cuba; Pregones (Music)--Central America.]

found: Figueroa, Frank. Encyclopedia of Latin American music in New York, 1994:p. 144 (Pregón; musical genre born on the streets of the cities in Cuba where the street vendors would hawk their wares; these cries often use country melodies or traditional sones or guarachas to convey their message; popular music composers have used these street cries or pregones as the basis for their compositions)

found: Grove music online, viewed April 27, 2022:Chile: Traditional music, under 6. Spanish and mestizo musics (the pregón (street cry) ... inspired by their function and brought from Spain during the colonial period)

found: Wikipedia, viewed April 25, 2022(Pregón; a Spanish word meaning announcement or street-seller's cry, has a particular meaning in both Cuban music and Latin American music in general; the use of street cries as a basis for song is particularly notable in South America and the Caribbean, where the crier is known as a pregonero. In Spain, the pregón may include flamenco or gyspy-inspired rhythms while in Latin-America pregón is noted for its incorporation of African rhythms such as bolero, clave, habanera and rumba. For example, the traditional pregón from Havana "Castillo mangüé" is often played as a yambú, a type of rumba)

Here are entered musical works based on a street-seller's cry. This heading is not qualified by medium of performance. For pregones for a specific medium, an additional heading is assigned for the medium of performance.
Here are entered general works on Pregones (Music). This heading may be divided geographically by names of individual regions, countries, states, etc., narrower than those of Latin America or Spain, e.g., [Pregones (Music)--Cuba; Pregones (Music)--Central America.]