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During the end of the Franco period, a movement known as Nova Cançó emerged.

Nova Cançó singers sang in Catalan, denouncing the official oppression of the language.

The pioneering group of singer-songwriters Els Setze Jutges was founded in 1961 in Barcelona and came to include several singers from Catalonia, including Joan Manuel Serrat and Lluís Llach, as well as members from the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community.

Grup de Folk and Esquirols were other notable cançó groups.