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La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
New York City music host Paul Cavalconte of WFUV says, "A rockin’ new Willie Nile album! New York at Night finds the native son and scribe writing as sharply as ever". [15] Richard Marcus writing in online magazine Blogcritics says; "This is a great album from a wonderful musician and should take pride of place in everybody's NYC music ...
New York at Night may refer to: . New York at Night, a 2020 album by Willie Nile; New York at Night, TV series with Clint Holmes "New York at Night", song by Old Dominion from Happy Endings
The song title performed by the group of Chalcans roughly translates to "the Chalca woman's song". [1] It is sung from the perspective of a Chalcan noblewoman taken prisoner during the war with the Aztecs. The song highlighted how the Aztecs' hegemony had disproportionately devastated Chalcan women.
During the Spanish Conquest, Christianity was imposed on the Nahua people, which prohibited many traditions and celebrations linked to Aztec gods, including Netotiliztli. Netotiliztli survived because the Nahua shifted the dance's meaning from a spiritual tradition of celebration and worship, to a dance solely for pleasure.
The Aztecs [a] (/ ˈ æ z t ɛ k s / AZ-teks) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
[2] [5] [18] The No. 2 hit single [3] returned the Aztecs to national prominence. [2] [5] The second major gig was their show at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl during the Moomba Festival in March, which resulted in an estimated 200,000 people filling the park, [2] and forced police to close roads around the venue. Later that year, they released Aztecs
The new song, "Theme from New York, New York", begins with one of Kander's famous vamps, this one derived from the ragtime practice of putting the melody underneath a repeated note. [ 3 ] : 25–6 Liza Minnelli's performance was released as a single from the soundtrack album and peaked at #104 on the Billboard chart.