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==Development==

The sisters Teodora and Micaela Ginez from [[Santiago de los Caballeros]], [[Dominicanon Republic]]the then named island of Hispaniola, were black slaves who emigrated to Cuba and brought with them the new rhythm. "El Son de la Má Teodora" marks the birth of Son which Cubans have made their own and which also contributed toformed the developmentorigin of modern Salsa.

Son is derived from [[Spain| Spanish]], African, French Creole and native musical influences, arising first in Oriente province, reaching [[Havana]] around the 1880s. The most influential group from this period was the [[Trio Oriental]], who stabilized the sextet format that soon came to dominate son bands. In [[1912]], recording began with groups like Sexteto Habanero (a re-named Trio Oriental) and [[Sexteto Boloña]], and popularization began in earnest with the arrival of [[radio]] [[broadcasting]] in [[1922]], which came at the same time as Havana's reputation as an attraction for Americans evading [[Prohibition]] laws and the city became a haven for the [[Mafia]], [[prostitution]] and [[gambling]], and also became a second home for trendy and influential bands from [[New York City]]. A few years later, in the late [[1920s]], son sextets became septets and son's popularity continued to grow with artists like [[Septeto Nacional]] and its leader, [[Ignacio Piñeiro]]. Piñeiro experimented with fusing son with other genres of music, forming [[guajira-son]], [[bolero-son]] and [[guaracha-son]]. In [[1928]], [[Rita Montaner]]'s "El Manicero" became the first Cuban song to be a major hit in [[Paris]] and elsewhere in [[Europe]]. In [[1930]], the [[Havana Orchestra]] took the song to the United States, where it also became a big hit.

===Son montuno===