Contradanza

American musician and composer (1829-1869)

Cuban violinist and composer (1836–1918)

Cuban pianist and composer (1847–1905)

Cuban musician

Cuban composer (1874–1944)

Cuban musician

Cuban musician (1879–1957)

Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France. Contradanza was brought to America and there took on folkloric forms that still exist in Bolivia, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Ecuador.