Editing Uruguay (section)

=== Music ===
{{Main|Music of Uruguay}}
[[File:Tango dancers in Montevideo.png|thumb|Tango dancers in Montevideo]]

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[[File:Murgas (Vazquez, Marzo 2005 -2).jpg|thumb|[[Murga]] singers at the Carnival]]

<!-- From Encyclopedia Britannica. Rewrite? -->The folk and popular music of Uruguay shares its [[gaucho]] roots with [[Argentina]] and the [[tango (music)|tango]].<ref name="britannica"/> One of the most famous tangos, "[[La cumparsita]]" (1917), was written by the Uruguayan composer [[Gerardo Matos Rodríguez]].<ref name="britannica"/> The [[candombe]] is a folk dance performed at [[Carnival]], especially [[Uruguayan Carnival]], mainly by Uruguayans of African ancestry.<ref name="britannica"/> The guitar is the preferred musical instrument, and in a popular traditional contest called the ''payada'', two singers, each with a guitar, take turns improvising verses to the same tune.<ref name="britannica"/> Folk music is called [[Music of Uruguay#Canto popular|''canto popular'']] and includes some guitar players and singers such as [[Los Olimareños]], and [[Numa Moraes]].

There are numerous radio stations and musical events of rock music and the Caribbean genres.<ref name="britannica" /> Early classical music in Uruguay showed Spanish and Italian influence, but since the 20th century, a number of composers of classical music, including [[Eduardo Fabini]], [[Héctor Tosar]], and [[Eduardo Gilardoni]], have made use of Latin American musical idioms more.<ref name="britannica" /> There are two symphony orchestras in [[Montevideo]], OSSODRE and Filarmonica de Montevideo. Some of the well-known classical musicians are pianists [[Alberto Reyes|Albert]] [[Enrique Graf]]; guitarists [[Eduardo Fernández (guitarist)|Eduardo Fernandez]] and [[Marco Sartor]]; and singers [[Erwin Schrott]].<!-- From Encyclopedia Britannica. Rewrite? -->

[[Tango]] has especially affected Uruguayan culture during the 20th century, particularly the 1930s and 1940s with Uruguayan singers such as [[Julio Sosa]] from [[Las Piedras, Uruguay|Las Piedras]].<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hy8EQ1hEp3BVG-vnlwrClzXfpA7A |title=Argentina, Uruguay bury hatchet to snatch tango honor |last=Termine |first=Laura |date=30 September 2009 |access-date=2 April 2010 |location=Buenos Aires |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011083629/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hy8EQ1hEp3BVG-vnlwrClzXfpA7A |archive-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> When tango singer [[Carlos Gardel]] was 29 years old, he changed his nationality to be Uruguayan, saying he was born in [[Tacuarembó]].<ref>[[Carlos Gardel]] was born in France:<br />{{bull}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifemusictimesof00coll |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifemusictimesof00coll/page/5 5] |title=The Life, Music, and Times of Carlos Gardel |first=Simon |last=Collier |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |year=1986 |isbn=0-8229-8498-9 }}<br />{{bull}}{{cite book |first1=Julián |last1=Barsky |first2=Osvaldo |last2=Barsky |title=Gardel: La biografía |publisher=Taurus |year=2004 |isbn=9870400132 |language=es}}<br />{{bull}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVfIus_mXzAC&pg=PA31 |page=31 |title=La sonrisa de Gardel: Biografía, mito y ficción |first=Jorge |last=Ruffinelli |author-link=Jorge Ruffinelli |publisher=Ediciones Trilce |year=2004 |isbn=9974323568 |language=es |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617125233/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVfIus_mXzAC&pg=PA31 |url-status=live }}<br />{{bull}}Bocaz, Luis (March 1986). [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000684/068421eo.pdf "Tango Time"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824175539/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000684/068421eo.pdf |date=24 August 2018 }}, UNESCO ''Courier'', p. 11.</ref> Nevertheless, a Carlos Gardel museum was established in 1999 in [[Valle Edén]], near Tacuarembó.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.uruguay.com/uruguay_detail_675_carlos_gardel_museum.html |title=Carlos Gardel Museum |publisher=Uruguay.com |access-date=31 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131213114233/http://english.uruguay.com/uruguay_detail_675_carlos_gardel_museum.html |archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

[[Rock and roll]] was first introduced into Uruguay with the arrival of [[the Beatles]] and other British bands in the early 1960s. A wave of bands appeared in Montevideo, including [[Los Shakers]], [[Los Iracundos]], [[Los Moonlights]], and [[Los Malditos]], of which all became major figures in the so-called [[Uruguayan Invasion]] of Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://open.salon.com/blog/jeanette_d/2009/10/03/are_you_ready_for_the_uruguayan_invasion |title=Are You Ready For the Uruguayan Invasion? |work=Salon |date=5 October 2009 |access-date=27 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011050622/http://open.salon.com/blog/jeanette_d/2009/10/03/are_you_ready_for_the_uruguayan_invasion |archive-date=11 October 2009}}</ref> Popular Uruguayan rock bands include [[La Vela Puerca]], [[El Cuarteto de Nos]], and [[Cursi]]. In 2004, the Uruguayan musician and actor [[Jorge Drexler]] won an Academy Award for composing the song "[[Al otro lado del río]]" from the movie ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]'', which narrated the life of [[Che Guevara]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prada |first=Paulo |date=2005-03-02 |title=A Tone-Deaf Oscar Snubbed the Best Song Winner |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-02-oe-prada2-story.html |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>