Cante Alentejano is a traditional musical genre from Alentejo, Portugal. Cante was never the only expression of traditional music in Alentejo, in fact it is more typical of Baixo Alentejo than Alto. Instrumental forms of music have always coexisted with cante, adapting pieces between genres. On November 27, 2014, during the Committee meeting in Paris, UNESCO considered the Alentejo song to be Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It is a choral song, in which a solo point and a chorus alternate, with an alto filling the pauses and finishing the…
What is actually… Cante Alentejano
