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Dec 7, 2015 · A very popular dance from the north east of Spain, specifically from the province of Aragon, the Jota is one of the most renowned triple meter forms and probably the most famous of De Falla’s Spanish songs.
Dec 31, 2023 · “Jota” specifically is a traditional Spanish dance form that originated in Aragon. It is characterized by its lively rhythm and energetic movements. The lyrics of the song speak of a love that is hidden from the world.
The jota (pronounced [ˈxota] [1]) is a genre of music and the associated dance known throughout Spain, most likely originating in Aragon. It varies by region, having a characteristic form in Aragon (where it is the most important [1]), Mallorca, Catalonia, León, Castile, Navarre, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia, La Rioja, Murcia and Eastern Andalusia.
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Its origin is unknown. It would seem to come from the Mozarabic *šáwta, to jump, and this from the Latin saltāre, to dance. To the north of the Pyrenees, dances also called sauts, salts, are danced in the Gascon-Aquitanian, Béarnaise and Lower Navarre provinces, derived directly from the Branle of the Renaissance (c.f. "Le saut de Béarn", "Les sept...
Regarding the origin of the song, there has been a rather fanciful belief that the jota had been brought to Aragon by an Arab expelled from Valencia named Aben Jot. He considered him the "inventor" of singing, as reflected in some couplets that mention him as a refugee in Calatayud in the XII century: 1. «The Jota was born in Valencia 2. and from t...
Its rhythm is usually measured in 3/4, although some authors maintain that 6/8 is better adapted to the structure of the choreographic and strophic cycle. The most common popular harmonizations stick to first, fourth, and fifth chords of the major mode with a dominant seventh. For its interpretation guitars, bandurrias and lutes are used. Accordion...
A number of non-Spanish composers have used the jota style in Spanish-inspired works: 1. Maurice Ravel includes jota compases in his impressionist Rhapsodie Espagnole. 2. Jules Massenet en Le Cid and Georges Bizet en Carmeninclude “aragonaises”. 3. Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) incorporates it into his famous symphony Espagne(1883). 4. Mijaíl Glink...
Aragonese jack
The Aragonese jota is part of the Ebro jotas and is the best known of the musical folklore manifestations of Aragon. Its origin could be towards the end of the XVIII century, and it had its greatest splendor during the XIX, acquiring great popularity after the War of Independence. Since the end of the XIXcentury, it has been brought to the stage as a show. The jota was included in zarzuelas, films, choreographed for major festivals, and taken to contests and competitions. The Aragonese jota i...
Castilian jack
The Castilian jota (both the one from the Castilian part of Castilla y León, as well as the one from Madrid and the Castilian-La Mancha) is usually accompanied by guitars, bandurrias, lutes, dulzaina and drums.
Catalan Jack
In Catalonia, the jota is part of the traditional folklore of the western lands of the community, and especially of the so-called Tierras del Ebro. The first known written reference is a condemnation by the bishop from Tortosa, from 1734, although it refers to Calaceite, an Aragonese town neighboring Catalonia. In recent times this musical genre has been revalued in the community thanks mainly to the group from Tortosa Quico el Célio, el Noi i el Mut de Ferreries; In 2010 the regional governm...
The jack in Colombia
There is also a variant of the jota in the Chocó region, Colombia, which has been studied by musicologist Andrés Pardo Tovar.
The jota is a colorful courtship dance, much like the fandango, traditional in northern Spain, especially in Aragon. The jota is also a kind of folk song that precedes and accompanies the dance; singers often sing the jota even when there is no dancing.
Espanola and La Mzisica de la Jota Aragonesa) states that he has traced the copla or ballad stanza (always used with the jota) to the ancient Arabic-Andalusian zejel and the Persian lyric quatrain.
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From volume 2 of the work. JOTA (pronounced Hota, with a strong guttural aspirate). One of the most characteristic of the North Spanish national dances. It is a kind of waltz, always in three-time, but with much more freedom in the dancing than is customary in waltzes.
