Editing Spain (section)

=== Music and dance ===
{{Main|Music of Spain}}
[[File:Flamenco en el Palacio Andaluz, Sevilla, España, 2015-12-06, DD 17.JPG|thumb|[[Flamenco]] is an Andalusian artistic form that evolved from [[Seguidilla]]]]

Spanish music is often considered abroad to be synonymous with [[flamenco]], a West Andalusian musical genre, which is not widespread outside that region.<ref>{{cite book|last= Leblon|first= Bernard|translator-last= Ni Shuinear|translator-first= Sinead|title= Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=farZoyKozikC|location= Hatfield|publisher= [[University of Hertfordshire Press]]|year= 2003|isbn= 9781902806051|pages=72–73}}</ref> Various regional styles of [[folk music]] abound. Pop, rock, hip hop and heavy metal are also popular.

In the field of classical music, Spain has produced a number of noted composers such as [[Isaac Albéniz]], [[Manuel de Falla]] and [[Enrique Granados]] and singers and performers such as [[Plácido Domingo]], [[José Carreras]], [[Montserrat Caballé]], [[Alicia de Larrocha]], [[Alfredo Kraus]], [[Pablo Casals]], [[Ricardo Viñes]], [[José Iturbi]], [[Pablo de Sarasate]], [[Jordi Savall]] and [[Teresa Berganza]]. In Spain there are over forty professional orchestras, including the [[Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra|Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona]], [[Orquesta Nacional de España]] and the [[Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid]]. Major [[opera houses]] include the [[Teatro Real]], the [[Gran Teatre del Liceu]], [[Teatro Arriaga]] and the [[El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía]].

Thousands of music fans also travel to Spain each year for internationally recognised summer music festivals [[Sónar]] which features pop and techno acts, and [[Festival Internacional de Benicàssim|Benicàssim]] which tends to feature alternative rock and dance acts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/london/festivals/|title=Music Festivals, UK Festivals and London Festivals|publisher=Spoonfed.co.uk|access-date=1 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028170946/http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/london/festivals/|archive-date=28 October 2011 }}</ref> The [[Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival]] is one of the main ones in its genre.

The most popular traditional [[musical instrument]], the guitar, originated in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linguatics.com/guitar.htm|title=The History of the Guitar in Spain|publisher=Linguatics.com|access-date=30 April 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429082016/http://www.linguatics.com/guitar.htm|archive-date=29 April 2011 }}</ref> Typical of the north are the traditional bag pipers or ''[[gaita (bagpipe)|gaiteros]]'', mainly in Asturias and Galicia.