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The music of Milan has ancient roots. The Ambrosian chants are among the first codified music in Western culture, which fact led to the later development of its concept of scales, for example. In more recent history, the city of Milan has been an important social, cultural, political and commercial center not just in Italy, but in all of Europe.
Football is the most popular sport in Italy, and Milan is home to two world-famous football teams: A.C. Milan and Internazionale. The former is normally referred to as "Mìlan" (notice the stress on the first syllable, unlike the English and Milanese name of the city), the latter as "Inter".
Milan (Sanskrit for unification/coming together [1]) is the National-Level Cultural Festival organized by the Directorate of Student Affairs of SRM Institute of Science and Technology. [2] Milan is five day fest with a foray of events that spans extensively over a number of sporting events and multifarious music, dance and art events.
Milan is home to the oldest restaurant in Italy and the second in Europe, the Antica trattoria Bagutto , which has existed since at least 1284. [45] Much of the prior history of Milan was the tale of the struggle between two political factions: the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. Most of the time the Guelphs were successful in the city of Milan.
Milan High School held Hemio Day and a parade held in the 1930s and '40s. Hemio Day aimed to prepare students for leadership in life.
Currently, several Italian music conservatories have jazz departments, there are dozens of jazz festivals each year in Italy, the best-known of which is the Umbria Jazz Festival, and there are prominent publications such as the journal, Musica Jazz. In Italy, today, it is virtually impossible to find a medium-sized city without a jazz club.
It had influence on related movements that developed in other countries in Europe (especially Russia and France), the United States of America and Asia. The Futurists explored every form of expression, from painting to sculpture, literature (poetry and theater), music, architecture, dance, photography, film, and even gastronomy.
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...