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The stage name Nguyen Anh 9 was given by his first lover. He said in an interview: "This is the name she gave me. When I wrote the first songs, the real name Nguyen Dinh Anh was too long and Nguyen Anh was the name of the Emperor Gia Long. Therefore, she said there were 9 letters in Nguyen Anh and number 9 was a lucky number according to ...
Trịnh Công Sơn (February 28, 1939 – April 1, 2001) was a Vietnamese musician, songwriter, painter and poet. [1] [2] He is widely considered to be Vietnam's best songwriter.
Phạm Duy (5 October 1921 – 27 January 2013) was one of Vietnam's most prolific songwriters with a musical career that spanned more than seven decades through some of the most turbulent periods of Vietnamese history and with more than one thousand songs to his credit, [1] he is widely considered one of the three most salient and influential figures of modern Vietnamese music, along with ...
Congolese rumba, also known as African rumba, is a dance music genre originating from the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). With its rhythms , melodies , and lyrics, Congolese rumba has gained global recognition and remains an integral part of African music heritage .
Although rumba is played predominantly in binary meter (duple pulse: 2 4, 4 4), triple meter (triple pulse: 9 8, 3 4) is also present. In most rumba styles, such as yambú and guaguancó, duple pulse is primary and triple-pulse is secondary. [18] In contrast, in the rural style columbia, triple pulse is the primary structure and duple pulse is ...
The fine issued to Edwards is the second from the NBA in two weeks. He was also fined $25,000 for using profane language — though not in criticizing officials, but praising his teammates ...
Throughout Latin America, "rumba" acquired different connotations, mostly referring to Cubanized, danceable, local styles, such as Colombian rumba criolla (creole rumba). At the same time, "rumba" began to be used a catch-all term for Afro-Cuban music in most African countries, later giving rise to re-Africanized Cuban-based styles such as ...
The new Netflix docuseries, "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action," explores the controversial popularity of "The Jerry Springer Show" in the '90s.