The Ministry of Tourism has sponsored "A Century of Dominican Music," a collection of four CDs that serves as an anthology of Dominican music of this century. The 4:10 hour production features 71 tracks by 57 composers, in the voices of 51 singers. The CD offers a variety of Dominican music, including merengue, mangulina, carabiné, pambiche, guarapo, sarambo, salve, bolero, balada, bachata, criolla, and canción lirica. The CD will be launched during a music extravaganza at the Plaza de España in the Colonial City. The collection of four CDs will sell for RD$1,000 (about US$63) in leading music stores.
