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Zapateado is a style of dance and traditional music of Andalusian origins in metre 6 8, with lively movement, marked on two beats, the second being very stressed. The dance shows a gracious tapping. Humanists of 16th century affirmed that zapateado derived from the lactisma of the Roman dancers in times of the Empire.
The fandango's first sighting in a theatrical work was in Francisco de Leefadeal's entremés "El novio de la aldeana" staged in Seville, ca. 1720. By the late 18th century it had become fashionable among the aristocracy and was often included in tonadillas, zarzuelas, ballets and operas, not only in Spain, but also elsewhere in Europe. [3] [4]
Other regional and linguistic variants in Spain include the Basque zartzuela and the Catalan sarsuela. A masque-like musical theatre had existed in Spain since the time of Juan del Encina. The zarzuela genre was innovative in giving a dramatic function to the musical numbers, which were integrated into the plot of the work. Dances and choruses ...
During its heyday, the bolero became a popular dance in ballrooms across Spain and was performed by Spanish troupes abroad along with other dances such as the cachucha. Over time, many classical composers wrote pieces inspired in the genre: Frédéric Chopin wrote Boléro solo piano (Op. 19) in 1834, but its rhythms are more that of the polonaise.
Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916), commonly known as Enrique Granados in Spanish or Enric Granados in Catalan, was a Spanish composer of classical music, and concert pianist from Catalonia, Spain. His most well-known works include Goyescas, the Spanish Dances , and María del Carmen. [1]
La danse, by Henri Matisse (1910), The Hermitage, St Petersburg. The theme of dance often appears in his art work. Examples of art where some form of dance is present include: young people dancing the sardana in Fiesta de Santa Lucia (1921); [5] what appear to be people dancing in Ninfas en un jardín romántico (1921); [6] and Composición satírica (1923), a work clearly inspired by Matisse ...
With photos that can be confused for a Halloween parade, Spain's annual Dance of Death looks incredibly macabre. With Holy Week coming to an end, Maundy Thursday celebrates Jesus' last supper and ...
The Spanish Renaissance was a movement in Spain, emerging from the Italian Renaissance in Italy during the 14th century, that spread to Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries. [1] This new focus in art, literature, quotes and science inspired by the Greco-Roman tradition of Classical antiquity, received a major impulse from several events in ...