Tonadilla

The genre was a type of short, satirical musical comedy popular in 18th-century Spain, and later in Cuba and other Spanish colonial countries.

It originated as a song type, then dialogue for characters was written into the tonadilla, and it expanded into a miniature opera lasting from 10 to 20 minutes.

It drew its personages from everyday life and included popular and folk music and dance, and vernacular language.

[1][2] Notable composers of tonadillas in Spain included Blas de Laserna, Pablo Esteve, and Jacinto Valledor.

[3] In 1959, Joaquín Rodrigo wrote a short guitar duet in popular style, called Tonadilla and inspired by the theatrical form.