High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cuban contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza or danza criolla) was a popular dance music genre of the 19th century. Its origins dated back to the European contredanse, which was an internationally popular form of music and dance of the late 18th century. It was brought to Santiago de Cuba by French colonists fleeing the Haitian Revolution in the 1790s. The earliest Cuban contradanza of which a record remains is "San Pascual Bailon," written in 1803. This work shows the contradanza in its embryonic form, lacking characteristics that would later set it apart from the contredanse. The time signature is 2/4 with two sections of eight bars, repeated- AABB. During the first half of the 19th century, the contradanza dominated the Cuban musical scene to such an extent that nearly all Cuban composers of the time, whether composing for the concert hall or the dance hall, tried their hands at the contradanza.

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