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The Azores are located at the seismically active Azores triple junction plate boundary where the North American plate, Eurasian plate and Nubian plate meet. [7] The climate of the Azores is very mild for such a northerly location, being influenced by its distance from the continents and by the passing Gulf Stream. Because of the marine ...
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São Miguel Island (pronounced [ˈsɐ̃w miˈɣɛl]; Portuguese for 'Saint Michael'), nicknamed "The Green Island" (Ilha Verde), is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
The chamarrita from the Azores is a dance to a 3 4 rhythm traditionally played on the fiddle with or without accompaniment. [1] Though its origin is based in the Azores and Madeira, the Chamarrita is also prevalent in Brazil thanks to
The album won the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film. It was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music , (but lost to the score of Los Diarios de Motocicleta ). The song " Look To Your Path " (original title: "Vois Sur Ton Chemin") was nominated for an Academy Award but ultimately lost to " Al otro lado del río " from ...
The viola and other string instruments were brought during the Portuguese maritime expansion to the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, Brazil and other locales, becoming common in the populations. [1] Due to its importance in Portuguese music it likely arrived in Angola, Goa and Macau, and as far as Hawaii by the 19th century, where it became the ...
Luís Gil Mendes Bettencourt was born in 1956 in the town of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island of the Azores.He is one of ten children of Ezequiel Mendes Bettencourt and Aureolina da Cunha Gil de Ávila, who were both from musical backgrounds, Ezequiel being a professor of music. [1]
Viola da terra is a stringed musical instrument from the islands of the Azores, closely associated with the saudade genre of Portuguese music. [1] Its 12 or 15 metal strings are arranged in either five or six courses .