Music of The Dominican Republic

The music of the Dominican Republic is known primarily for merengue, though bachata, salsa, and other forms are also popular.

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    “I used to be angry all the time and I’d sit there weaving my anger. Now I’m not angry. I sit there hearing the sounds outside, the sounds in the room, the sounds of the treadles and heddles—a music of my own making.”
    —Bhakti Ziek (b. c. 1946)

    “Where should this music be? I’ th’ air, or th’ earth?
    It sounds no more.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)