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" Himno de Aragón" (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈimno‿ðe aɾaˈɣon]; "Anthem of Aragon") is the official anthem of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. Its music, based on the oldest Aragonese musical tradition, was written by Aragonese composer Antón García Abril , with lyrics written by Aragonese poets Ildefonso Manuel Gil, Ángel ...
The music of Aragon has through history absorbed Roman, Celtic, Moorish and French influences, much like its culture. Traditional instruments used in the region include bagpipes, drums, flutes, tambourines, rattles and, perhaps most distinctively, the guitarro and bandurria. Jota (music) is the best-known style of music from Aragon.
In a musical context, an Aragonaise (literally a person or thing from Aragon, a region in Spain) is a "dance of Aragon".This is a driving triple metre dance which is traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets and hand clapping.
The funeral ended with the Queen's Piper, Pipe Major Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, playing "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep," adapted from a Gaelic song called Caidil mo ghaol.
Les Chansons d'Aragon (English: "Songs of Aragon") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1961 by Barclay Records. It is his second album dedicated to a poet , after Baudelaire 's Les Fleurs du mal in 1957.
Jarnéia Richard-Noel (born 12 June 1994) is an English stage actress and singer. She is known for portraying the role of Catherine of Aragon in the musical Six on the original UK tour and in the West End production at the Arts Theatre, Lyric Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre, [1] as well as forming part of pop girl group SVN.
The song progresses to include an increasingly complex guitar solo backed by string synthesizer, followed closely by bass and drum fills. The Strangiato theme is then revisited before the song ends abruptly with phased bass and drums. The piece is divided as follows: I: "Buenas Noches, Mein Froinds!" (0:00–0:26) II: "To sleep, perchance To ...
Also in 1959, the Orquesta Aragon issued the first of eight LPs with their new line up on the Discuba label (RCA Victor subsidiary). Cellist Alejandro Tómas Valdés joined the band in the 1960s; a great dancer, he created the onda-cha as a dance which included Brazil’s capoeira, and the music that he also created featured heavy Afro ...