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6 days ago · In 2011, UNESCO declared the musical genre as being an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Scene 1: Mid-20 th century Lisbon, city of intrigue and espionage. A candle-lit, smoke-filled cellar bar in the Alfama district with a small stage on which two musicians strum viola and Portuguese guitar to compete with the raucous chatter and chink of glasses.
2 days ago · The Music of Portugal encompasses a wide variety of genres. The traditional one is the Portuguese folk music which has deep roots in local customs, utilising instruments such as bagpipes , drums, flutes, tambourines, accordions and ukuleles .
12 hours ago · A Cantadeira – Tecelã (Repasseado, 2024) Joana Negrão, known professionally as A Cantadeira, was born in Setúbal, Portugal, in 1983. Her musical career is deeply rooted in Portuguese oral tradition music. Negrão has built a solid reputation by balancing research into traditional oral songs with the infusion of contemporary ingredients.
May 20, 2024 · Scene 1 : Mid-20th century Lisbon , city of intrigue and espionage. A candle lit, smoke filled cellar bar in the Alfama district with a small stage on which two musicians strum Viola and Portuguese Guitar to compete with the raucous chatter and chink of glasses. Enter a sombrely clad brunette to polite applause; her hands nervously twitch a ...
May 2, 2024 · Baroque music, a style of music that prevailed during the period from about 1600 to about 1750, known for its grandiose, dramatic, and energetic spirit but also for its stylistic diversity. One of the most dramatic turning points in the history of music occurred at the beginning of the 17th.
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2 days ago · The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis . The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal ...
3 days ago · Portugal, country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. Once continental Europe’s greatest power, Portugal shares commonalities, geographic and cultural, with the countries of both northern Europe and the Mediterranean. Learn more about Portugal.
