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Multiculture and the popular element

8 May 2010 – 17:52

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A brief historical background for the “Art of Touch” - project
The year 1492 marks a cultural turning point for Spain.
This is the year where the Italian Cristobal Columbus - financially supported by the Spanish queen Isabel - discovers a totally new continent, almost by chance, and thus opens the gate to a new era [...]

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Pavana con su glosa

12 December 2009 – 16:41

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Album notes for El Arte de Tañer (parla09001)
Cabezón’s famous pavanne that probably isn’t a pavanne and maybe not even by Cabezón.  
This catchy dance piece with variations originates from a music book published in 1577 by the Spanish organist Luis Venegas de Henestrosa. The piece is attributed to “Antonio”, and this, sort of insider information, [...]

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Reflexions from the cathedral

18 September 2009 – 18:30

Salinas, de Encina and me
The dull sound from the belfry scarcely reaches the interior of the Cathedral. The strokes sound rather unreal.
I notice that this time just one stroke was heard, consequently there’s just half an hour left before the guardian will return and let me out into the noisy real world of Salamanca.
What am [...]

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