have little intervals or music for dancing, and finish with a short finale in which the music from some previous scene is repeated. There are usually passages read over background music, in Singspiel style. The music is familiar to the ear, popular and traditional, with popular or fashionable melodies of the time being taken and their lyrics changed. The aim is to have the ditty stick in the audience's mind after they leave the theatre. Furthermore, pronounced, popular rhythms are sought in the dance halls, generally imported but "nationalised", such as the chotis (from the German Schottisch, its ultimate origin being in Scotland), and many others, such as boleros, fandangos, or habaneras from Latin America, jotas, seguidillas, soleás, pasacalles, and waltzes, polkas, or mazurcas from Poland. See also Zarzuela Operetta Opera Culture of Spain Spain :Category:Spanish-language operas References Webber, Christopher. The Zarzuela Companion. Maryland, Scarecrow Press, 2002. Lib. Cong. 2002110168 / género chico. Encyclopædia Britannica Deluxe CD 2000 (international version). Vincent J. Cincotta, Zarzuela: The Spanish Lyric Theatre - A Complete Reference (4th ed. revised), 2011. Wollongong, Australia: University of Wollongong Press, pp. 766, External links Zarzuela.net's review of Parody in the Género Chico Zarzuela.net's review of La mala sombra / El mal de amores Opera genres Opera terminology Zarzuela Spanish folk music