The mandolin: popular instrument that connects ltaly from north to south
The mandolin is a musical instrument that belongs to strings instruments’ category and is widely used in Italy. Since the second half of 15 century the iconography and other sources show us the lute (one of the mandolin’s forefathers) played with the plectrum, a technique that will become in the centirues proper of the mandolin. Beyond the “classic” (or neapolitan) mandolin, characterized by four double strings tuned in unison, there are other kind of mandolin named according to the area…
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“La Chiarastella” reaches its IX edition
“LA CHIARASTELLA” 2016 IX Edition “La Chiarastella”. Christmas’ songs in the popular traditions 05/01/2016 ore 21:00 e 06/01/2016 – ore 18:00 – Sala Sinopoli Orchestra Popolare Italiana dell’Auditorium Parco della Musica directed by Ambrogio Sparagna Coro Popolare directed by Anna Rita Colaianni guests Banda Pilusa from Montecassino Coro degli Alunni of the Istituto Comprensivo “Giuseppe Giuliano” from Latina During the concert’s opening the 6 January the artist Giame Piacentile will performe the Living Unarmed and Disarming Nativity Scene. The 5 and…
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Laudress’ dance: from Medieval dance to nursery rhyme
In the regions belonging to the ex Church’s State it was common a dance called lavanderina, lavandera, lavandara, laundress9 dance or hanky’s dance; it is an old pantomimic dance having a narrative or representative character, popular in Europe from the late Middle Age. It now exists a common playful transformation as nursery rhyme with a combined in circle dance named “the beautiful laundress”. Nelle regioni appartenenti all’ex Stato della Chiesa era diffuso fino ad alcuni decenni or sono un ballo…
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Dance for peace, a Sudanzare’s project
#DANCEFORPEACE is an italian dance school Sudanzare’s project, a school located at Paris. In this project, 16 dancers coming from different continents dance in a collective video, realized at long distance thanks to new technologies. It has been created after Paris’ attack of 13 November 2015, by Sudanzare’s members, in shock for the happening, for the victims, for the European goverments’ reaction. #DANCEFORPEACE (danzare per la pace) è un progetto della scuola italiana SUDANZARE con sede a Parigi. In questo progetto…
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Triccheballacche, a traditional instrument from Campania
The Triccheballacche (also called Tric-ballac or Triccabalacca or Trick Ballack, from a onomatopoeic definition: tric-trac is the percussion hammers’ noise; ballacche is a kind of invitation to dance) is a traditional musical instrument from southern Italy, known in Naples’ area, composed by three wooden percussion hammers framed with each other. The three percussion hammers are paralleal among each other, while the two wooden frameworks are perpendicular compared to the percussion hammers. The framework located in the lower part connects the…
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Fifth edition of Advent Choirs Festival
It comes back the fifth edition, from Friday 11 to the 20th December 2015, of the Advent Choirs Festival that will enliven the squares and the basilicas of Rome’s historical center. Soon after the Mercy Jubilee’s opening, 325 choirs coming from Europe will performe in the roman magic and colourful atmosphere, during the Christmas preceding days, playing songs from the classical music to gospel, popular music, pop music, and from the Renaissance music to jazz. Ritorna la Quinta edizione, da…
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All Rome’s Christmas markets
Many are the initiatives that the Capital makes available during December to breathe the Christmas’ air among stands and music. Below there is the list of the most important ones: From 27 November to 27 December Christmas Walks between Oceano Pacifico street and Grande Muraglia street. Sunday 13 and 20 December at Blak Out in Casilina street 713 the Japanese Christmas Market. Car Boot Market at Città dell’Altra Economia, ex slaughterhouse Testaccio area, from 6 to 27 December. Christmas Exhibit…
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The dance with the sickle, a lucanian tradition
Basilicata region has a folkloristic- musical patrimony unbelievably rich. It gathers past and memories of a surprising antiquity, thanks to its bucolic and obstinately preservative culture. The dance with the sickle is now present into various lucanian villages: Viggianello, S. Giorgio, Episcopia, S. Paolo Albanese. The used instruments are the zampogna and the ciaramella, they play dance musics attributable to the tarantella local model; the dance however, having a ritual feature, doesn’t show inflexible steps and choreographic movements. La Basilicata…
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