Meeting Benches World art in all forms
RENAISSANCE MUSIC – The visual echo from a distant mirror
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MUSIC – In Epiphania domini, Sebastiano Occhino
The most important music of the early Renaissance was composed for use by the church—polyphonic (made up of several simultaneous melodies) masses and motets in Latin for important churches and court chapels. By the end of the sixteenth century, patronage was split among many areas: the Catholic Church, Protestant churches and courts, wealthy amateurs, and music printing, all were sources …
Read More »DUTCH MUSIC – Sound shades of baroque, traditional and contemporary
Baroque Music from The Netherlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-x3g0OIaJ0 Traditional Dutch Music – Dutch Windmills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQxITYASgBI Dutch music top 40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49C5iDS-cs Choose a bench where you can publish what you have painted, what you have written, a review of a book that you’ve read, or the story of a journey that you have made. Past and Present are here and now. Our proposal …
Read More »SPANISH MELODIES – A long history that played an main basis of most Latin American music
The Iberian peninsula, has had a history of receiving different musical influences from around the Mediterranean Sea and across Europe. Spanish music is often associated with traditional styles such as flamenco and classical guitar (but while these forms of music are common in Spain, there are many different traditional music styles and dances across its regions). The jota is widespread …
Read More »THE BEST HIP HOP – Rap Music Mix 2016
Best Hip Hop / Rap Music Mix 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp_Ym05Aa_U
Read More »EY YO, EY YO VEN A MARBELLA, ES ESPECIAL – Cristina Spătar
Cristina Spătar – Marbella Ey yo, ey yo ven a Marbella, es especial. Ey yo, eu yo, es una aventura, muy sensual. I’m gonna be your only lover, forever stay by your side we’re gonna see the world together, oh oh oh. This night is gonna be your witness, making love on the sand, swear love under moonlight, moonlight. Give …
Read More »WHEN THE MUSIC BECOME POETRY – Take me home, Country Road / John Denver
TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD > Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze. Country roads, take me home to the place I belong. West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads. All my memories gather round her, miner’s lady, stranger to …
Read More »WHEN THE MUSIC BECOME POETRY – One Dance, by Drake
ONE DANCE – Baby I like your style. Grips on your waist front way, back way.You know that I don’t play streets not safe, but I never run away, even when I’m away. Oti, oti, there’s never much love when we go. I pray to make it back in one piece. I pray, I pray. That’s why I need a …
Read More »WHEN THE MUSIC BECOME POETRY – Maintenant je reviens, by Jean-Louis Aubert
MAINTENANT JE REVIENS > Maintenant je reviens, a ce que j’ai toujours été, je reviens a pied, reviens en février, maintenant je reviens, a ce pour quoi je suis fait, je reviens chanter, est-ce bien un métier? Je reviens de tout, ce qui n’est pas moi, non ce n’étais pas moi, je reviens vers vous, et je n’en reviens pas, …
Read More »THE PERFECT ENCAPSULATION OF THE DREAMS – Venice and crucial role in the development of opera
Venice, city of corruption, sickness and decay? Not Only. Venice has also played a crucial role in the development of opera (perhaps more than you might expect). That city has been home to countless opera premieres, and for some of Italian operatic composers (Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi, Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi). Rossini’s Otello is set entirely in Venice. …
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