La Plegaria del Son

Who is this piece by

Septeto Nacional (popular and widely-heard Cuban son groups of the 1920s and 30s)

What genre/culture is this from

Son Cubano (Cuban son fused European and African elements into a new genre that came to dominate much of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean in the early 20th century)

Listening style

Retained a predominantly-string sound (including the guitar and tres), a moderate tempo, and a song-like first section known as the canto or largo

African Influences to the style

 use of bongo drums, the clave, the marimbula (a bass instrument similar to the African mbira), and an extended montuno section following the largo/canto in which vocal call-and-response patterns are sung over a simple harmonic ostinato