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  Music of El Salvador - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
El Salvador is a Central American country whose culture is a mixture of Aztec, Spanish and West African influences.
Its music includes religious songs (mostly Roman Catholic) used to celebrate Christmas and other holidays, especially feast days of the saints.
In the 1950s, for example, it was decreed that a dance called xuc was to be the "national dance", in spite of it not being terribly common throughout the country.
en.freepedia.org /index.php?title=Music_of_El_Salvador&printable=yes   (239 words)

  
 Latin American Music Styles
"Spanish music", "Latin rhythms", are standard labels used by DXers to describe the kind of music they hear from Latin American broadcasting stations.
To start it off there is an ID in Quichua followed by a music cut, at the end of which the signal faded down.
El Jilguero del Huascarán, whose real name is Ernesto Sánchez Fajardo, is one of the biggest shots in Peruvian music.
home.swipnet.se /gersnaes/henriks/lamusic.html   (2065 words)

  
 African Music Encyclopedia: Glossary: African Styles of Music
Also called mbira-based music, one of the best examples of this sound is the music of Thomas Mapfumo.
The Bahian Carnival Associations with their afoxe (pronounced ah-fo-shay) drum sections are similiar to Rio's samba schools, with many surdos (big bass drums of varying sizes) and repineques (smaller, high pitched drums) comprising the bulk of the rhythm section.
a musical style from Mali typified by a strong Arabic feel along with the sound of the scraping karinyang, women play the fle, a calabash strung with cowrie shells, which they spin and throw into the air in time to the music.
www.africanmusic.org /glossary.html   (792 words)

  
 Music Deli
Music Deli presents folk, traditional and acoustic music, and what is commonly known as world music.
Music Deli, in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria*, presented Deli Divas at the Iwaki Auditorium in Melbourne on 29 July 2005.
Music from the concert can be heard in Music Deli on Saturday 6 August and Saturday 13 August.
www.abc.net.au /rn/music/deli/default.htm   (195 words)

  
 Brazilian music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
cuíca = a musical instrument that is a small metal barrel covered with leather at one end, with a short stick attached inside to its center, which is rubbed with a piece of wet cloth to produce extraordinary sounds such as the sound of laughter.
northeastern music (música nordestina) = a regional music around the town of Recife, the beat coming from the accordion and/or guitar with the lyrics sung with a nasal northeastern accent; there are many varieties, including frevo, maracatu, baiao and forro.
Milton Nascimento = an outstanding proponent of modern MPB and fl Brazilians; used musical influences from his state of Minas Gerais (he was born in Rio but was raised by adoptive parents in a small town in Minas Gerais).
members.aol.com /plcooney/brmusic.html   (2182 words)

  
 Guide to Latin Music
In the late 1960s musical influences outside of Brazil like Rock were having their influence upon Brazilian music and musicians, who, while remaining faithful to Brazilian rhythms and styles, were happy to experiment with new styles and instrumentation.
In the mean time, back on the island, Cuban music has continued to evolve on its own with a new generation of musicians who also continued to absorb musical influences from the outside world.
Flamenco music in the southern region of Andalucia.
www.caravanmusic.com /GuideLatinMusic.htm   (3632 words)

  
 The Gothic Music Handbook
The music itself is hard to describe -- it's guitar-driven with liberal doses of feedback and random changes in direction; Peter Murphy's vocals swing from tortured howls to deep and resonant chants (of course, Daniel Ash and David J. supplied vocals for many of the songs too, particularly on Burning From The Inside).
Musically, the first two albums are pretty much in the tradition of Wayne's parts for First and Last and Always, then slowly but surely heading in a more mainstream direction.
Their music is both richer and sillier than LandR's in many ways; ToT seem to be using the pop song as a vehicle for some rather daring experimentation, and many of these experiments succeeded well enough to force us goths to admit that pop music can in fact be very, very good.
www.vamp.org /Gothic/Text/gothlist.html   (6701 words)

  
 Article: Yoruba Sacred Music, Old World and New
The fourth, and final chapter, is devoted to transcriptions of the series of rhythmic praises known as the Oru del Igbodu (incitement of the Igbodu) or Oru Seco (unadorned drumming) which is performed in the inner sanctuary of an Ile Ocha (orisha temple) in advance of the main public section of a bembe (santeria ceremony).
Various musical and ethnic strains merged, resulting in the loss of specific national characteristics and producing a creolized repertoire which now functions as a unifying medium for entertainment, worship and healing across a broad cross section of Carriacouan society.
In this instance it focuses on the rituals and music which mark the stages of an Ocha initiate's life in the religion, from birth (initiation, presentation to the sacred drums, etc.) to death (ituto).
www.descarga.com /cgi-bin/db/archives/Article17   (5640 words)

  
 UKMIX - Articles - Mercury Music Prize 2003
Each year, the UK music industry awards a prize to what they consider to be the most high quality album released within the previous twelve months from artists originating from the UK or Ireland.
Their music is regarded by some to be immensely dull, but by the vast majority, they are thought of as amazing.
Their style of happy indie music that is perfectly aimed at picnics in summer has given them legions of praise from all over the music press - I've never yet found a bad word to be said about them.
www.ukmix.net /articles/2003/mercury.html   (2017 words)

  
 Music_of_El_Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
'''El Salvador''' is a Central American country whose culture is a mixture of Mayan, Aztec, Spanish and West African influences.
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish colonists, El Salvador shared in the Aztec culture, and used the Nahuatl language.
With the coming of the Spanish Empire, European classical music and Spanish music mixed with native styles and the African music of slaves.
q-basic.xodox.de /Music_of_El_Salvador   (323 words)

  
 Vale Music Deejays
El llamado "top manta" es una actividad ilegal que perjudica seriamente a los artistas por lo que es imprescindible una concienciación ciudadana para no atentar contra la propiedad intelectual.
El prestigio del que goza la encuesta de DJ Magazine entre los empresarios del sector, los propios DJ y el público en general se debe a que es totalmente abierta.
El festival comenzó oficialmente a las 18:00 horas del sábado 13 de agosto y así hasta cerca de las 9:00 horas del domingo 14 de agosto.
www.valemusic.dj   (1290 words)

  
 A history of disco music
Due to the rise of the discotheque and the technical innovation of the twelve inch recording, a new genre of music that was explicitly made with the dancefloor in mind, was born.
This music was coined disco, of which there are two flavors and time periods: disco 1.0, which is firmly connected to soul and funk in the first half of the seventies and disco 2.0 in the second half of the seventies, as the incarnation of gay hedonistic club culture.
Mostly an attitude towards music, it was characterized by the refusal of traditional Rock 'n' Roll format (chords, chorus...) and the incorporation of exterior influences such as Free Jazz (the Loft Scene), contemporary and fl music (funk, disco).
www.jahsonic.com /Disco.html   (4806 words)

  
 Free Early and Renaissance Music - Classical Guitar Recordings
I've wanted for a long time to allow my musical efforts to be used for charitable purposes and a charity for seizure disorders in the U.K. have taken me up on it.
The Early Music composers represented below were giants in their day (the Beethovens/Mozarts/Bachs/etc. of the 14, 15 and 1600s) So, in a small but determined way, I'm paying homage to some long departed, brilliant men, and trying to resurrect a few of their dormant musical gems - well worth the listen.
Probably the most important composer before the second half of the 16th century, Josquin is especially noted for the expressive nature of his music, a trait that broke with the medieval tradition of more abstract music.
www.jsayles.com /familypages/earlymusic.htm   (4839 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | Los Tigres del Norte
Immigrants, in turn, transported their music to parts of Mexico where the band was unknown.
As America's restless children were turning to drugs and music in rebellion, restless working-class Mexicans began coming to the U.S. Their exodus was also a rebellion of sorts, if unarticulated and unpublicized.
It is a philosophical U-turn for a band whose music and career have been founded, like the immigrant community itself, on a healthy optimism and belief in the healing powers of hard work.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/12.31.97/los-tigres-9753.html   (2214 words)

  
 Andean Music,Musica Andina,El Condor Pasa,Bolivia,Colombia,Peru,Argentina,Ecuador,Venezuela,Paraguay,Chile
I hope you'll be inspired to look further into the music and other sociocultural facets of the Andes region and South America in general.
If you'd like to buy this music in full CD stereo, you can search for artists, titles, and regions on BarnesandNoble, Amazon, eBay, on general search engines, and of course at stores in your locality in the International Music section.
Due to potential copyright issues, there is no downloadable music - it is available on some links however.
www.boleadora.com /andes.htm   (580 words)

  
 Brazilian Music: Roots 3
Until 1899 no songs were written expressly for carnaval, and people danced to music of European inspiration with the exception of the cordões which often paraded to Afro-Brazilian rhythms.
The marchinha (little marching song, literally) was the perfect musical formula to which the crowds could move in an organized fashion.
The heart of carnaval in Recife and Olinda, in northeastern Brazil, is another musical genre: the frevo, a highly syncopated, fast tempo march.
www.maria-brazil.org /mpb3.htm   (948 words)

  
 Lars Kirmser's Music Trader Professional Registry
We offer professional guitars, repair and restoration, music electronic and amplifier repairs, accessories, replacement parts, and just about anything else that relates to the music needs of the beginner, serious amateur or skilled professional musician.
Realizing, in high school, that one must be a little crazy to rely completely on music performance as a career in our society, his first four years of college focused on pre medical studies with an emphasis in the physical sciences.
I am the staff technician for the School of Music at Louisiana State University since 1979 catering to professionals and advanced students in the Louisiana and mid-south area.
www.musictrader.com /technicians.html   (7239 words)

  
 A Guide to 1980's Music Video Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The music gets more polyphonic in the finale, and so does the film: the hero's dancing at the end is in different rhythms from the troop behind him.
There is nothing wrong with this approach of Mulcahy's at all; it works very well in music videos; but it is very hard to transfer to the conventional feature film, where everyone usually is a individual character.
It evokes a mix found in countless old Hollywood musicals: the women are in brightly colored clothes, the men in fl and white tuxedos (and occasionally white tee shirts).
members.aol.com /MG4273/musvideo.htm   (8972 words)

  
 Brazilian Music: Roots 1
According to Marlui Miranda, foremost authority on Brazilian Indian music, there's no Indian influence in Brazilian popular music, even if their contribution to the language, diet and character of Brazilians has been extraordinary.
Bumba-meu-boi, lullabies and nursery rhymes, poetical and lyrical forms, and almost all of the basic musical instruments we hear in Brazil today: flute, clarinet, cavaquinho, guitar, piano, violin, cello, accordion and the tambourine.
The process of acculturation lasted about three centuries, and Brazilian music until the middle of the 18th century remained folkloric or anonymous, none of it coming down to us.
www.maria-brazil.org /mpb1.htm   (786 words)

  
 Canadian Music Centre
JOHN CELONA's music is noted for its spatial imaging, timbral orchestration, texture/density, real-time computer music, performance/composition, emotion and eclecticism which includes new music, avant-garde jazz, popular and World musics.
His music is recorded on Folkways (Music in Circular Motions), Radio Canada International (Cordes de Nuit) and Miramar Records (To Drive in LA with Salvador Ferreras, percussion).
John Celona is a member of the Canadian League of Composers, an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a founding member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community.
www.musiccentre.ca /apps/index.cfm?fuseaction=composer.FA_dsp_biography&authpeopleid=10596&by=C   (385 words)

  
 Cuban Music
A page dedicated to the history of the clave, with sections on both son, and rhumba clave and music sheets.
Collective of musicians, storytellers, and dancers who are priests and adherents of African Traditional Diasporic Religions; dedicated to sharing the Afro-Latin music, dance, and traditions of Lucumi Orisha and Palo Mayombe.
With strong roots in West African Yoruba religious music, Cuba's highly syncopated, potent, percussion-rich music has spawned much of what is today's salsa and Latin jazz and greatly influenced musics all over the world.
www.afrocubaweb.com /music.html   (756 words)

  
 The Music Chamber - Historical Periods
Since its beginning, the history of chamber music has closely mirrored the history of Western Music in general.
The musical ideas, theories, and rules of any historical period can be observed through its chamber music.
Emerging from the end of the Renaissance, the Baroque Period laid the foundations for the music that would follow for the next several hundred years.
library.thinkquest.org /27110/noframes/periods/periodshome.html   (170 words)

  
 Mamborama.com | Cuban Music 101
Cuban music is a myriad of styles and genres, with a long history.
While influences from Africa and Spain were predominant, Cuban music has also been shaped by the music of Europe, Latin-America and American pop music and jazz.
Son is a style of popular dance music that originated in the Oriente province of Cuba.
www.mamborama.com /cuba_music.html   (429 words)

  
 Music: Bands, Artists and Art
The largest selection of band and music posters and art prints at the lowest prices.
Contains over 300 musical images including surreal music prints by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall...
Information about bands and their music, sound, t-shirts and CDs, live music events.
www.artpromote.com /music.shtml   (133 words)

  
 World Music Central - genres
It evolved from house music and it is characterized by its repetitve and crackly sounds.
Ambient music is also known as gliding and floating music.
Anthem - A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric, with or without accompaniment, written either for performance in a church, or another place with significance to the song itself.
www.worldmusiccentral.org /staticpages/index.php/genres   (396 words)

  
 Cara O Cruz Heads or Tails Music of El Salvador   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Music : Cara O Cruz Heads or Tails Music of El Salvador
This Yolacamba group music is rich in the Latin American style intsrumental roots of the marimba and the mixing with electronic instruments.
It is a like taking a musical journey into this country.
www.hallmusic.com /store/music_B000000MO3_Cara-O-Cruz-Heads-or-Tails-Music-of-El-Salvador.html   (83 words)

  
 classical music
We are a resource that welcomes input from those who perform, compose or in any way contribute to the world of classical music.Such contribution ranges through those who appreciate it at home to those who attend concerts, teach, administer, manufacture or sell instruments...in fact,the whole classical music community.
Classical music mp3 is also available as well as forums.
There is much more to be investigated; the online radio offering nine channels especially chosen for their content, a database of musicians and ensembles, concert halls, publishers and manufacturers, all categorised for simple access by instrument and/or country.
www.classicol.com   (384 words)

  
 CD Baby: CLASSICAL: Contemporary - music you will love.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Celebrating Bartok's fascination with the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and Turkey, trailblazing cellist Matt Haimovitz delves into his own Romanian/Middle Eastern ancestry to create a sonic tapestry.
The five virtuosi of The Canadian Brass have made the brass quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music on an international scale and have over fifty recordings in their discography.
A cross between contemporary classical music and new music for the concert hall.
www.cdbaby.com /style/21?cdbaby=fab51bbd4c6821f78cf57cb179706d3f   (486 words)

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