[1] The genre shared similarities to medieval cancioneros, through the European colonization of the Americas in the 15th century and the slave trade that followed, the lyrics were romanticized with heroic figures as the song's protagonist.
[1] Although subgenres changes classification over time and various genres are clustered in subclasses of larger scopes,[1] this timeline does not include regionalized identities of Latin music (e.g., "Dominican merengue", "Chilean folk", and "Puerto Rican salsa" for an example) are excluded in this list as they share or are under the same umbrella of their respective genres with slightly varying differences.
[1] Latin music shares a mixture of Indengious and European cultures, and in the 1550s included African influence.
[2] Through the 1800s, former colonies of Spain achieved independence and began performing narrative songs that were of national and local interest.
[2] The polka and accordion were introduced to Latin music in the 1860s, while Rosendo Mendizábal's "El Enterriano" (1897) became the first tango recording.