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== Summary ==
Trova cubana is a Cuban singer-songwriter and interpretive song tradition associated with the guitar, poetic address and the personal presence of the trovador. Traditional trova includes boleros, canciones and other song forms rather than one single rhythm. The singer's command of a repertory and the expressive placement of a lyric matter as much as instrumental display. A duet, small group or lone singer can all belong to this world. The label also has a broader modern use, so traditional trova should be distinguished from the later movement called nueva trova. <ref name="ga-trova">[https://www.cuba.travel/en/wheretogo/santiagodecuba/whattodo/city Santiago de Cuba: City — Cuba Travel].</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
Casas de la trova, local gatherings, concerts, cultural teaching and recordings sustain the practice. Visitors may encounter it through heritage venues, but the repertory also remains part of Cuban family and musician memory. Younger singers can learn older songs while bringing new voice and accompaniment to them. Its contemporary life is not adequately measured by whether it leads commercial charts. The social intimacy of a song addressed to an attentive room is a different kind of musical presence from large-scale dance-band entertainment.

== History ==
Santiago de Cuba is a central historical setting for the development of trova in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Musicians carried songs among homes, streets, workplaces, theaters and later broadcasting and recording environments. The tradition was never isolated from other Cuban styles: bolero and son-related materials moved through many of the same performers. Havana and other cities became substantial sites of interpretation and exchange. Later singer-songwriters inherited this idea of the trovador while changing poetic language, harmony and political or personal subject matter. <ref name="ga-cuba-folk">[https://folkways.si.edu/folk-music-of-cuba/world/music/album/smithsonian Folk Music of Cuba — UNESCO Collection / Smithsonian Folkways].</ref>

== Musical characteristics ==
Listen to the relation between a vocal phrase and the guitar's accompaniment. A singer may let a word arrive late, lean on an unexpected note or change the color of a repeated line. Duet singing can create expressive tension through closely coordinated voices rather than a large arrangement. The repertory allows several rhythmic feels; genre identity comes partly from the mode of authorship, interpretation and social presentation. A technically simple accompaniment can support a highly nuanced performance when text, melody and breath are carefully judged.

== Geography and communities ==
The map represents a connected Cuban song landscape with especially strong eastern roots and a western institutional and repertory circuit. This includes towns and communities between famous casas de la trova. South Florida is a detached migrant setting where Cuban song remains socially meaningful. The fields are not a census of venues and do not imply that all Cuban guitar music is trova. They guide listeners toward the cultural geography in which personal song, memory and local performance networks have been particularly durable.

== Artists ==
Sindo Garay, Manuel Corona, Rosendo Ruiz, Alberto Villalón and María Teresa Vera offer varied routes into traditional trova. Pepe Sánchez is central to the early bolero story within this world. Later performers and local interpreters keep the repertory changing through voice, selection and setting. Comparing several versions of one song can be more revealing than collecting famous names: the phrasing of an intimate lyric often makes a familiar piece feel newly personal. Institutional tourism material identifies Santiago's continuing trova venues, while recording catalogues document a wider repertory. <ref name="ga-trova" />

== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

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| María Teresa Vera || Veinte Años — 1956 recording || https://www.youtube.com/embed/IDfeExh5wL8 || The official catalogue identifies the historical recording, representing traditional trova through a singer-composer’s own repertoire rather than a later cover.<ref name="performance-trova-cubana-1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfeExh5wL8 María Teresa Vera — Veinte Años — 1956 recording]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDfeExh5wL8 Existing recording] || Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. || <muglobe-flag video="IDfeExh5wL8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IDfeExh5wL8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="IDfeExh5wL8" field="authentic" />
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| Sindo Garay || La Bayamesa || https://www.youtube.com/embed/QAsw5_hv2IM || A credited historical audio release supplies another central traditional-trova composer-performer and a contrasting song.<ref name="performance-trova-cubana-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsw5_hv2IM Sindo Garay — La Bayamesa]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsw5_hv2IM Existing recording] || Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. || <muglobe-flag video="QAsw5_hv2IM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="QAsw5_hv2IM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="QAsw5_hv2IM" field="authentic" />
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| Alejandro Almenares with ensemble || Lágrimas Negras || https://www.youtube.com/embed/rPRMQ9Y127I || Focused Lágrimas Negras by Miguel Matamoros, actual Casa de la Trova Santiago interpretation by traditional trovador Alejandro Almenares with ensemble. Bolero-son arrangement acknowledged within the native traditional-trova song world; venue alone does not make all its salsa/merengue uploads trova. PublishedJuly2026, exact session date unknown. Source: Cuba Live Channel - Carmine Salituro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-07-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPRMQ9Y127I Lágrimas Negras].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPRMQ9Y127I Recording/context source] || Focused Lágrimas Negras by Miguel Matamoros, actual Casa de la Trova Santiago interpretation by traditional trovador Alejandro Almenares with ensemble. Bolero-son arrangement acknowledged within the native traditional-trova song world; venue alone does not make all its salsa/merengue uploads trova. PublishedJuly2026, exact session date unknown. Source: Cuba Live Channel - Carmine Salituro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="rPRMQ9Y127I" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rPRMQ9Y127I" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="rPRMQ9Y127I" field="authentic" />
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| Alejandro Almenares with ensemble || De lo que quiero saber - Alejandro Almenares en la Casa de Trova de Santiago de Cuba / Cuban Music || https://www.youtube.com/embed/yjPhOqVk38w || Focused De Lo Que Quiero Saber, actual traditional Cuban trovador at Santiago Casa de la Trova, publishedMay2026. Specific sung composition and interpretive-song context, not a generic entire dance-band set or all son music in the venue. Session date unknown. Source: Cuba Live Channel - Carmine Salituro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-05-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPhOqVk38w De lo que quiero saber - Alejandro Almenares en la Casa de Trova de Santiago de Cuba / Cuban Music].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPhOqVk38w Recording/context source] || Focused De Lo Que Quiero Saber, actual traditional Cuban trovador at Santiago Casa de la Trova, publishedMay2026. Specific sung composition and interpretive-song context, not a generic entire dance-band set or all son music in the venue. Session date unknown. Source: Cuba Live Channel - Carmine Salituro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="yjPhOqVk38w" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yjPhOqVk38w" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="yjPhOqVk38w" field="authentic" />
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| Dúo Voces Latinas with Alejandro Almenares || "Sufriendo No" - Dúo Voces Latinas y Alejandro Almenares || https://www.youtube.com/embed/arinUA1_3QI || Sufriendo No by Santiago composer Carlos Manuel Delgado, actual intimate duet/Almenares performance in Casa de la Trova Trovita,19April2017. Actual singers/ensemble credited separately from composer; documenter Jacqueline Ferraton not added as vocalist. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2017-06-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arinUA1_3QI "Sufriendo No" - Dúo Voces Latinas y Alejandro Almenares].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2017-04-19 || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arinUA1_3QI Recording/context source] || Sufriendo No by Santiago composer Carlos Manuel Delgado, actual intimate duet/Almenares performance in Casa de la Trova Trovita,19April2017. Actual singers/ensemble credited separately from composer; documenter Jacqueline Ferraton not added as vocalist. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="arinUA1_3QI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="arinUA1_3QI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="arinUA1_3QI" field="authentic" />
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| Alejandro Aguilar || La Trova de Santiago de Cuba - Fiebre de ti || https://www.youtube.com/embed/7XP7GFyB734 || Actual Fiebre de Ti interpretation in Santiago trova setting. Primary caption names singer Alejandro Aguilar separately from historical bolero composer Juan Arrondo, avoiding false posthumous performance credit. Specific traditional song interpretation, not anonymous bolero background mix. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-02-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XP7GFyB734 La Trova de Santiago de Cuba - Fiebre de ti].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XP7GFyB734 Recording/context source] || Actual Fiebre de Ti interpretation in Santiago trova setting. Primary caption names singer Alejandro Aguilar separately from historical bolero composer Juan Arrondo, avoiding false posthumous performance credit. Specific traditional song interpretation, not anonymous bolero background mix. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="7XP7GFyB734" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="7XP7GFyB734" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="7XP7GFyB734" field="authentic" />
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| Voces del Caney with Dulce María Ibar and Mirtha Bell Cepero || Rayos de Oro de Sindo Garay por "Voces del Caney" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/X2sG2PmqAv4 || Two distinct Sindo Garay compositions Rayos de Oro and Clave a Martí, actual named ensemble/voices at2017 Festival de la Trova tribute in UNEAC Sala Titón Santiago. Composer Garay is not miscredited as2017singer. Separate complete songs, no full tribute parent selected. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2017-06-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2sG2PmqAv4 Rayos de Oro de Sindo Garay por "Voces del Caney"].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2017 || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2sG2PmqAv4 Recording/context source] || Two distinct Sindo Garay compositions Rayos de Oro and Clave a Martí, actual named ensemble/voices at2017 Festival de la Trova tribute in UNEAC Sala Titón Santiago. Composer Garay is not miscredited as2017singer. Separate complete songs, no full tribute parent selected. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="X2sG2PmqAv4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="X2sG2PmqAv4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="X2sG2PmqAv4" field="authentic" />
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| Voces del Caney with Dulce María Ibar and Mirtha Bell Cepero || Clave a Martí de Sindo Garay por "Voces del Caney" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/s8IgHHMw5Aw || Two distinct Sindo Garay compositions Rayos de Oro and Clave a Martí, actual named ensemble/voices at2017 Festival de la Trova tribute in UNEAC Sala Titón Santiago. Composer Garay is not miscredited as2017singer. Separate complete songs, no full tribute parent selected. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2017-06-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8IgHHMw5Aw Clave a Martí de Sindo Garay por "Voces del Caney"].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2017 || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8IgHHMw5Aw Recording/context source] || Two distinct Sindo Garay compositions Rayos de Oro and Clave a Martí, actual named ensemble/voices at2017 Festival de la Trova tribute in UNEAC Sala Titón Santiago. Composer Garay is not miscredited as2017singer. Separate complete songs, no full tribute parent selected. Source: Jacqueline “Lina” FERRATON. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="s8IgHHMw5Aw" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="s8IgHHMw5Aw" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="s8IgHHMw5Aw" field="authentic" />
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| Pablo Fraguela and Georgina Hassan || Pablo Fraguela y Georgina Hassan - La Tarde (Sindo Garay) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/D8iXruxXndA || Artist-owned intimate a cappella duet of La Tarde by Sindo Garay, explicitly described as traditional Cuban trova. Actual two interpreters rather than deceased composer credited as singer. Contemporary home interpretation, not claimed historical field recording; Cuban place scope denotes documented repertoire, not inferred filming location. Source: Georgina Hassan . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-05-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iXruxXndA Pablo Fraguela y Georgina Hassan - La Tarde (Sindo Garay)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iXruxXndA Recording/context source] || Artist-owned intimate a cappella duet of La Tarde by Sindo Garay, explicitly described as traditional Cuban trova. Actual two interpreters rather than deceased composer credited as singer. Contemporary home interpretation, not claimed historical field recording; Cuban place scope denotes documented repertoire, not inferred filming location. Source: Georgina Hassan . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="D8iXruxXndA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="D8iXruxXndA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="D8iXruxXndA" field="authentic" />
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| Miriam Ramos || "MIRIAN RAMOS" TARDES GRISES  ( SINDO GARAY ) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/jr4LIgMlEio || Actual a cappella Tardes Grises interpretation explicitly identified as Sindo Garay traditional trova. Current interpreter Miriam Ramos distinguished from composer; worth retaining this real performed song despite2018publication and unknown exact session date. Source: MAMBISITOW. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-05-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4LIgMlEio "MIRIAN RAMOS" TARDES GRISES  ( SINDO GARAY )].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4LIgMlEio Recording/context source] || Actual a cappella Tardes Grises interpretation explicitly identified as Sindo Garay traditional trova. Current interpreter Miriam Ramos distinguished from composer; worth retaining this real performed song despite2018publication and unknown exact session date. Source: MAMBISITOW. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="jr4LIgMlEio" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jr4LIgMlEio" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="jr4LIgMlEio" field="authentic" />
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| Candilena || Candilena - La tarde (Sindo Garay) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/HTO-Ee7UecU || Artist-owned natural voice/guitar interpretation of Sindo Garay’s La Tarde, explicitly described as a musical journey into Cuban repertoire. Contemporary duet/group adaptation acknowledged; Cuba scope is repertoire rather than an invented visit or artist nationality. Not instructional demonstration or generic AI bolero mix. Source: Candilena. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2020-09-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTO-Ee7UecU Candilena - La tarde (Sindo Garay)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTO-Ee7UecU Recording/context source] || Artist-owned natural voice/guitar interpretation of Sindo Garay’s La Tarde, explicitly described as a musical journey into Cuban repertoire. Contemporary duet/group adaptation acknowledged; Cuba scope is repertoire rather than an invented visit or artist nationality. Not instructional demonstration or generic AI bolero mix. Source: Candilena. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="HTO-Ee7UecU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HTO-Ee7UecU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HTO-Ee7UecU" field="authentic" />
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| Trío Son Cubano with Paul Weiling and Pavadita String Quartet || La Tarde by Sindo Garay, performed by Trio Son Cubano. De Doelen, 2013 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/amMbgtwsurg || Actual La Tarde performance at De Doelen Rotterdam,June2013, arranged by Jesús Hernández. Traditional Sindo Garay trova composition in expanded trio/strings interpretation; son ensemble name does not by itself classify every song as son or trova. All named current performers retained, not composer alone. Source: rumbadama. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2014-11-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMbgtwsurg La Tarde by Sindo Garay, performed by Trio Son Cubano. De Doelen, 2013].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2013-06 || live || unknown || country:Cuba; country:Netherlands || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amMbgtwsurg Recording/context source] || Actual La Tarde performance at De Doelen Rotterdam,June2013, arranged by Jesús Hernández. Traditional Sindo Garay trova composition in expanded trio/strings interpretation; son ensemble name does not by itself classify every song as son or trova. All named current performers retained, not composer alone. Source: rumbadama. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="amMbgtwsurg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="amMbgtwsurg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="amMbgtwsurg" field="authentic" />
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| María Teresa Vera and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo || Pensamiento por María Teresa Vera y Lorenzo Hierrezuelo || https://www.youtube.com/embed/qfarakB-RtA || Radio Cadena Habana archive of actual duet Pensamiento. Broadcaster explicitly distinguishes composer Teofilito/Ángel Rafael Gómez Mayea from performers and identifies trova espirituana context. Historical complete recording, not claimed2023session; no duplicate1KnbTr5aPkM upload selected. Source: Radio Cadena Habana. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2023-04-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfarakB-RtA Pensamiento por María Teresa Vera y Lorenzo Hierrezuelo].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfarakB-RtA Recording/context source] || Radio Cadena Habana archive of actual duet Pensamiento. Broadcaster explicitly distinguishes composer Teofilito/Ángel Rafael Gómez Mayea from performers and identifies trova espirituana context. Historical complete recording, not claimed2023session; no duplicate1KnbTr5aPkM upload selected. Source: Radio Cadena Habana. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="qfarakB-RtA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qfarakB-RtA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qfarakB-RtA" field="authentic" />
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| María Teresa Vera and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo || MARIA TERESA VERA-LORENZO HIERREZUELO-"NENA" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/kANnNpIr-jo || Three distinct historical duet masters Doble Inconsciencia, Nena and Aurora. Actual Vera/Hier rézuelo singing/guitar tradition, with composers and archive uploaders kept separate from interpreters. Nena context identifies contrapuntal second-voice practice; Aurora source names Manuel Corona as author. No whole compilation parent or alternate uploads of these same masters selected. Session dates unknown, not assigned2010/2008/2018fromuploads. Source: dateren. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2008-11-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANnNpIr-jo MARIA TERESA VERA-LORENZO HIERREZUELO-"NENA"].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANnNpIr-jo Recording/context source] || Three distinct historical duet masters Doble Inconsciencia, Nena and Aurora. Actual Vera/Hier rézuelo singing/guitar tradition, with composers and archive uploaders kept separate from interpreters. Nena context identifies contrapuntal second-voice practice; Aurora source names Manuel Corona as author. No whole compilation parent or alternate uploads of these same masters selected. Session dates unknown, not assigned2010/2008/2018fromuploads. Source: dateren. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="kANnNpIr-jo" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kANnNpIr-jo" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="kANnNpIr-jo" field="authentic" />
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| María Teresa Vera and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo || Aurora Interpretada por María Teresa Vera. || https://www.youtube.com/embed/1TG80pi7BBM || Three distinct historical duet masters Doble Inconsciencia, Nena and Aurora. Actual Vera/Hier rézuelo singing/guitar tradition, with composers and archive uploaders kept separate from interpreters. Nena context identifies contrapuntal second-voice practice; Aurora source names Manuel Corona as author. No whole compilation parent or alternate uploads of these same masters selected. Session dates unknown, not assigned2010/2008/2018fromuploads. Source: Miri Paez Bolet. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-05-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TG80pi7BBM Aurora Interpretada por María Teresa Vera.].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TG80pi7BBM Recording/context source] || Three distinct historical duet masters Doble Inconsciencia, Nena and Aurora. Actual Vera/Hier rézuelo singing/guitar tradition, with composers and archive uploaders kept separate from interpreters. Nena context identifies contrapuntal second-voice practice; Aurora source names Manuel Corona as author. No whole compilation parent or alternate uploads of these same masters selected. Session dates unknown, not assigned2010/2008/2018fromuploads. Source: Miri Paez Bolet. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="1TG80pi7BBM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1TG80pi7BBM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="1TG80pi7BBM" field="authentic" />
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| María Teresa Vera || Maria Teresa Vera - He perdido contigo || https://www.youtube.com/embed/wVmsNG6Vm4g || Distinct historical recordings He Perdido Contigo, El Soldado and Boda Negra by the central traditional-trova interpreter. Names of Turkish/other archive uploaders are not falsely substituted as musicians. Actual complete songs, not anonymous recreated old-Cuba AI ambience; precise session dates and any uncredited accompanying musicians remain unknown. No duplicate El Soldado1X7tK00TB1s or complete compilation parent selected. Source: lucho0412. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2009-05-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVmsNG6Vm4g Maria Teresa Vera - He perdido contigo].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVmsNG6Vm4g Recording/context source] || Distinct historical recordings He Perdido Contigo, El Soldado and Boda Negra by the central traditional-trova interpreter. Names of Turkish/other archive uploaders are not falsely substituted as musicians. Actual complete songs, not anonymous recreated old-Cuba AI ambience; precise session dates and any uncredited accompanying musicians remain unknown. No duplicate El Soldado1X7tK00TB1s or complete compilation parent selected. Source: lucho0412. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="wVmsNG6Vm4g" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="wVmsNG6Vm4g" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="wVmsNG6Vm4g" field="authentic" />
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| María Teresa Vera || Maria Teresa Vera -  El Soldado || https://www.youtube.com/embed/NiKfHGKB-iM || Distinct historical recordings He Perdido Contigo, El Soldado and Boda Negra by the central traditional-trova interpreter. Names of Turkish/other archive uploaders are not falsely substituted as musicians. Actual complete songs, not anonymous recreated old-Cuba AI ambience; precise session dates and any uncredited accompanying musicians remain unknown. No duplicate El Soldado1X7tK00TB1s or complete compilation parent selected. Source: İrfan Şenozan. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2017-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKfHGKB-iM Maria Teresa Vera -  El Soldado].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKfHGKB-iM Recording/context source] || Distinct historical recordings He Perdido Contigo, El Soldado and Boda Negra by the central traditional-trova interpreter. Names of Turkish/other archive uploaders are not falsely substituted as musicians. Actual complete songs, not anonymous recreated old-Cuba AI ambience; precise session dates and any uncredited accompanying musicians remain unknown. No duplicate El Soldado1X7tK00TB1s or complete compilation parent selected. Source: İrfan Şenozan. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="NiKfHGKB-iM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NiKfHGKB-iM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NiKfHGKB-iM" field="authentic" />
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| Lorenzo Hierrezuelo and Miguel García || Lorenzo Hierrezuelo y Miguel Garcia MERCEDES Manuel Corona || https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxkE0grpKoE || Mercedes, actual named archival interpretation of Manuel Corona traditional trova work. Corona is composer, not extra vocalist; two actual performers credited. Brief complete historical song entry retained, no overlapping full programme parent; session unknown. Source: JALAM3BREDULCE. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2017-12-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkE0grpKoE Lorenzo Hierrezuelo y Miguel Garcia MERCEDES Manuel Corona].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkE0grpKoE Recording/context source] || Mercedes, actual named archival interpretation of Manuel Corona traditional trova work. Corona is composer, not extra vocalist; two actual performers credited. Brief complete historical song entry retained, no overlapping full programme parent; session unknown. Source: JALAM3BREDULCE. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="sxkE0grpKoE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sxkE0grpKoE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="sxkE0grpKoE" field="authentic" />
|-
| Compay Segundo y sus Muchachos and Omara Portuondo || Compay Segundo e Omara Portuondo - Veinte años - Heineken Concerts 1999 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/VRlxgW5yzVU || Veinte años, documented traditional trova composition by MaríaTeresaVera, performed here in a different live interpretation with actual Omara/Compay voices, not a repost of existing1956 Vera master. Heineken Concerts TomBrasil SãoPaulo April1999; touring son performers can interpret this actual trova work without all their son repertoire being assigned trova. Source: chicooceano. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2011-05-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlxgW5yzVU Compay Segundo e Omara Portuondo - Veinte años - Heineken Concerts 1999].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 1999-04 || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlxgW5yzVU Recording/context source] || Veinte años, documented traditional trova composition by MaríaTeresaVera, performed here in a different live interpretation with actual Omara/Compay voices, not a repost of existing1956 Vera master. Heineken Concerts TomBrasil SãoPaulo April1999; touring son performers can interpret this actual trova work without all their son repertoire being assigned trova. Source: chicooceano. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="VRlxgW5yzVU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="VRlxgW5yzVU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="VRlxgW5yzVU" field="authentic" />
|-
| Miriam Ramos || Cuba - Miriam Ramos canta "Longina" de Manuel Corona || https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXvCOfJlhH0 || Longina by ManuelCorona, source explicitly identifies trova vieja and Ramos firstLP1976 arrangement. Actual Miriam voice, archival interpretation not a2013 newly recorded session inferred from upload. Composition is traditional trova despite singer’s broader repertoire. Source: victorita100. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-02-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvCOfJlhH0 Cuba - Miriam Ramos canta "Longina" de Manuel Corona].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvCOfJlhH0 Recording/context source] || Longina by ManuelCorona, source explicitly identifies trova vieja and Ramos firstLP1976 arrangement. Actual Miriam voice, archival interpretation not a2013 newly recorded session inferred from upload. Composition is traditional trova despite singer’s broader repertoire. Source: victorita100. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="ZXvCOfJlhH0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZXvCOfJlhH0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="ZXvCOfJlhH0" field="authentic" />
|-
| Carlos Gómez and Marta Ramírez || Trova Tradicional Cubana: Carlos y Marta - "Longina" || https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ag63lJxnhO0 || Longina, actual named Miami-resident traditional trova duet Carlos y Marta at TeatroBellasArtes LittleHavana18July2008. Marta’s CanaryIslands birthplace does not make composer Corona or namesake Longina a performer. Cuban diaspora interpretation, full song not complete-concert overlap. Source: dorcm1973. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2009-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag63lJxnhO0 Trova Tradicional Cubana: Carlos y Marta - "Longina"].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2008-07-18 || live || unknown || country:Cuba; country:United States of America || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag63lJxnhO0 Recording/context source] || Longina, actual named Miami-resident traditional trova duet Carlos y Marta at TeatroBellasArtes LittleHavana18July2008. Marta’s CanaryIslands birthplace does not make composer Corona or namesake Longina a performer. Cuban diaspora interpretation, full song not complete-concert overlap. Source: dorcm1973. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="Ag63lJxnhO0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Ag63lJxnhO0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="Ag63lJxnhO0" field="authentic" />
|-
| Gema Corredera || Gema Corredera, Perla Marina. Concierto en el DAF Studio de Miami. || https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCaVfEq6lF4 || Perla Marina by SindoGaray, actual Recuento de la Trova concert at DAFStudioMiami25July2009. Named musical performance of canonical traditional trova work; composer not presumed present singer, no full parent programme selected. Source: Generacionasere. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2009-07-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCaVfEq6lF4 Gema Corredera, Perla Marina. Concierto en el DAF Studio de Miami.].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2009-07-25 || live || unknown || country:Cuba; country:United States of America || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCaVfEq6lF4 Recording/context source] || Perla Marina by SindoGaray, actual Recuento de la Trova concert at DAFStudioMiami25July2009. Named musical performance of canonical traditional trova work; composer not presumed present singer, no full parent programme selected. Source: Generacionasere. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="bCaVfEq6lF4" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="bCaVfEq6lF4" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="bCaVfEq6lF4" field="authentic" />
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| Yaima Téllez and Alexis Chauvin || Yaima y Chauvin "Perla Marina" (Sindo Garay) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiiG-St205A || Perla Marina, actual named musicians YaimaTéllez and AlexisChauvin interpreting SindoGaray work. Singer teaching role does not make this actual music a lesson; symphony affiliation does not turn traditional repertoire into unrelated orchestral work. Publication2011, actual session unknown. Source: Simon Baracoa. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2011-05-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiiG-St205A Yaima y Chauvin "Perla Marina" (Sindo Garay)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Cuba || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiiG-St205A Recording/context source] || Perla Marina, actual named musicians YaimaTéllez and AlexisChauvin interpreting SindoGaray work. Singer teaching role does not make this actual music a lesson; symphony affiliation does not turn traditional repertoire into unrelated orchestral work. Publication2011, actual session unknown. Source: Simon Baracoa. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="RiiG-St205A" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="RiiG-St205A" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="RiiG-St205A" field="authentic" />
|}

== Related genres ==
[[Bolero]] is one of trova's central song forms, and [[Son cubano]] shares repertory and musicians across permeable boundaries. [[Nueva trova]] developed a later movement with new institutional, poetic and compositional conditions while retaining a relationship to the trovador. [[Nueva canción]] places some of that later work in a wider Latin American context. The distinction between traditional and new should not become a claim that one is authentic memory and the other merely political: both contain personal, social and artistic variety.

=== References and further reading ===
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* [https://folkways.si.edu/la-nueva-cancion-new-song-movement-south-america/latin-world-struggle-protest/music/article/smithsonian La Nueva Canción: The New Song Movement in South America — Smithsonian Folkways]

== Hotspot mushrooms ==
Trova is a connected Cuban song/repertory network with an eastern historical concentration and western institutional circulation. Broad regional fields include smaller communities; South Florida is a detached diaspora setting.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes

|-
| trova-cubana-eastern-roots || Eastern Cuban trova and intimate-song landscape || 20.9 || -76.7 || 450 || 1 || Connects Santiago-centered roots with surrounding towns and family repertories.

|-
| trova-cubana-western-circuit || Western and central Cuban trova circuit || 22.5 || -81 || 520 || 0.85 || Connects local venues, homes, broadcasting and interpretation.

|-
| trova-cubana-south-florida || South Florida Cuban trova and memory circuit || 25.8 || -80.3 || 170 || 0.6 || Detached migrant song landscape.

|}