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Cucurrucucú paloma" (Spanish for Coo-coo dove) is a Mexican huapango-style song written by Tomás Méndez in 1954. [1] The title is an onomatopeic reference to the characteristic call of the mourning dove, which is evoked in the refrain. The lyrics allude to love sickness.
De colores" ([Made] of Colors) is a traditional Spanish language folk song that is well known throughout the Spanish-speaking world. [1] It is widely used in the Catholic Cursillo movement and related communities such as the Great Banquet, Chrysalis Flight, Tres Días , Walk to Emmaus , and Kairos Prison Ministry .
"El Vito" is a traditional folk song and dance music of Andalusia whose origins can be traced back to the 16th century. [1] Its name refers to Saint Vitus, patron of dancers. [2] It was created in the nineteenth century as a dancing song typical of the bolero. It includes steps in the art of bullfighting [3] and is usually played by women. The ...
The Spanish Dances (Spanish: Danzas españolas, first published title: German: Spanische Tänze) are a collection of eight pieces for violin and piano composed by Pablo de Sarasate between 1877 and 1882 and published in four books, each book combining two dances contrasting in rhythm and character. [1] They are among Sarasate's best known works ...
Zarzuela (Spanish pronunciation: [θaɾˈθwela]) is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance.
Asturias performed at the White House by Sharon Isbin.. Though originally written to imitate guitar playing, the piece cannot be transcribed note for note for guitar. The original version makes uses of the piano keyboard's wider range compared to the tessitura of the guitar, and the key of G minor is not suitable for the guitar—for example, in the standard guitar tuning, the pedal note D4 is ...
"El Son de la Negra" (lit. The Song of the Black Woman) is a Mexican folk song, originally from Tepic, Nayarit, [1] before its separation from the state of Jalisco, and best known from an adaptation by Jalisciense musical composer Blas Galindo in 1940 for his suite Sones de mariachi.
The priests are now out in full-force to plot the extermination of their most hated enemy: Governor-General Bustamante. Amidst a backdrop of evil conspiracy in a "Mass" without a service, where the altar was a symbolic coffin covered by a black cloth, draped with a Spanish flag topped by a huge crucifix, Fray Totanes exhorts the gathered hooded ...