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Little is known about Valencian music in ancient times, with some prehistoric pictorial remains of Valencia and Alicante as only testimonies of musical activity. [1] With the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula , and since the 9th century, the Córdoba musical tradition spread to Valencia and Xàtiva. [ 1 ]
Muixeranga of Algemesi. The Muixeranga ([mujʃeˈɾaŋɡa] ⓘ) is the collective name given to the performance of ancient street dances and human pyramids or castells, originating in the ancient Kingdom of Valencia (currently the Land of Valencia), which are still preserved in the town of Algemesí, 30 km (19 mi) southwest from Valencia, and certain other Valencian towns.
Francisco Miralles Arnau (Valencia, August 2, 1871 - Paris, May 9, 1932) was a dancer, choreographer and Spanish and classical dance teacher. [1] His solid training allowed him to develop a successful international career in which he emphasized playing the Bolero.On July 29, 2022, the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana approved the declaration of the day of his birth, August 2, as the Day of ...
Traditional Valencian dances. A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called "religious dances" because of their purpose.
María Teresa Oller (1920 - 2 September 2018) was a Spanish composer and folklorist of the Valencian Community. [1] Since the 1950s, she carried out extensive fieldwork to collect traditional Valencian music, highlight it, and make it known in numerous publications. Oller was a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de ...
Valencia also shares some traditional dances with other Iberian areas, like for instance, the ball de bastons (stick-dances). The group Al Tall is also well-known, experimenting with the Berber band Muluk El Hwa, and revitalizing traditional Valencian music, following the Riproposta Italian musical movement.
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Music in History: The Evolution of an Art. New York: American Book Company. Ritchie, Fiona (2004). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music. New York: Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-399-53071-5. Nettl, Bruno (1965). Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. OCLC 265458368.