Fado is a worldwide musical symbol of Portuguese culture and tradition. This genre which means ‘Fate’ in Latin is refers to the often harsh realities of everyday life‚ sometimes with a sense of resignation and also sometimes with the hope of resolution. Each region in Portugal usually has at least a musical style and fado. One of the earliest manifestations of fado was in a song depicting the forbidden love story between a gypsy woman by the name of Maria Severe‚ and Count de Vimioso‚ a man of nobility
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Portugal has a rich musical culture‚ with roots that go back to Provencal troubadours‚ followed by ballads and the fado‚ and as of late‚ incorporating the rhythms of Portugal’s former West African colonies. Each of these elements are stll alive in current Portuguese music like the French Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters
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Culture of Portugal The country of Portugal has many rich cultural facets in food‚ music and sports. Situated on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula that it shares with Spain‚ Portugal’s culture was shaped by the influences from the Latin‚ Visigoth and Muslim cultures. Many men in Portugal go into the Atlantic to catch fish while the women are homebound doing chores like house work or cleaning the fish. The men are the bread winners while the women are the housewives who take care of the home
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Amália Rodrigues Fado is a fundamental part of the Portuguese culture‚ represents a population as a whole‚ and allows the listener to look in retrospect to the past and remember where they come from. Over the years there have been many “fadistas” for example‚ Dulce Pontes‚ and presently a great fadista‚ Mariza. However‚ there was one fadista that the people made connections too‚ and truly loved what she did‚ and was one of the first to put fado on the map and make it known worldwide. Her name was
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The title for the piece of music that I have chosen for my listening report among friends is Mariza classic hit song “o Gente da Minha terra”. The type of genre this musical piece is traditional Portuguese Fado‚ although there is no specific composer of Mariza’s music there are many musicians that perform with her on stage‚ like background singers‚ violins and in most of her musical pieces a pianist. The location of this recording is taken place in Lisbon‚ Portugal in 2011. What musical aspects stood
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* Lifestyle of Portugal: The population of Portugal is around 10 million. Out of this number‚ only a third lives in a city. The rest live in the beautiful rural areas of this relatively undiscovered country. The Portuguese are a social group of people. It is very common to see them in groups eating‚ drinking or dancing. The family is very important in Portuguese culture. Despite their easy going mannerisms‚ formality rules when people are introduced. However once friendships are established‚
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meaning‚ for instance)‚ none come quite as close to the sheer intensity that this word possesses. It is present in ballads and plays‚ songs and literature‚ and the concept haunts the lyrical poetry of Portugal and Brazil. An entire subgenre of music‚ fado ‚ dating back to the first half of the 19th century‚ has been dedicated to the concept. The most beautiful and startlingly poignant use of the term‚ however‚ can be found in the anonymous piece “Lágrimas de Saudade‚ taken from the Cancioneiro de Paris
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unique and original music‚ such as modinha‚ brega‚ frevo‚ funk carioca‚ maracatu‚ choro‚ trpicalia‚ gaucho pagoda‚ sertanejo‚ MPB‚ bossa nova‚ samba and new music like Heavy metal‚ Punk‚ rock‚ Soul‚ Techno‚ House music‚ Trance‚ rap‚ Classical music‚ Fado‚ Gospel and Valsa… We would like to introduce you some typical music in Brazil. Samba has become the best known music of Brazilian music all over the world‚
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dance form because the dance does not take the couple form that it does elsewhere. The first major type of musical influence seen in Brazil was called Choro. Choro was developed in Rio de Janeiro around the 19th century out of a blend of Portuguese fado and European salon music. “After a period of time Choro evolved into a type of Dixieland‚ jazz musical style and went through a revival in the 1960’s”. Branching off of Choro is probably the most popular musical from of Brazil called Samba. Samba
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