Title of piece: “La Rosa de los Vientos”

Date of performance/recording: 1996

Composer/Lyricist: Rómulo Castro

Performer: Rómulo Castro y Grupo Tuira. Herencia.

Form: verses and chorus.

Meter: 4/4

Tempo: moderate, a bit too slow for dancing, designed more for listening

What to Listen for

  • The introduction, ending, and echoing of voices attempt to create an epochal mood that befits the gravity of the moment Panamanians had just experienced.
  • Layers of Afro-Panamanian drumming combine with rhythms that draw from salsa and popular song.
  • The pianist has a jazz background and often adds blues licks in his accompaniment
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