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Music Of Sardinia
Sardinia is probably the most Sardinia#Culture, culturally distinct of all the Regions of Italy, regions in Italy and, musically, is best known for the ''Cantu a tenore, tenore'' polyphonic singing, sacred chants called ''gosos'', the ''launeddas'', an ancient instrument that consists of a set of three single-reed pipes, all three mouth-blown simultaneously using circular breathing, with two chanters and one drone and the ''cantu a chiterra'', a monodic song that is accompanied by guitar, widespread mainly in the center and north of the island. Launeddas The ''launeddas'' are an ancient instrument, dating back to at least the 8th century BC. They are played using circular breathing. ''Launeddas'' are used to play a complex style of music that has achieved some international attention, and they are still played during religious ceremonies and dances (''su ballu''). Some of the most famous player were Efisio Melis, Antonio Lara (musician), Antonio Lara, Dionigi Burranca and Luigi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and 16.45 km south of the French island of Corsica. It has over 1.5 million inhabitants as of 2025. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of Autonomous administrative division, domestic autonomy being granted by a Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian language, Italian and Sardinian language, Sardinian: / . It is divided into four provinces of Italy, provinces and a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city. Its capital (and largest city) is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese dialect, Algherese Catalan language, Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muravera
Muravera (, ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, about northeast of Cagliari in the Sarrabus. It is a centre of citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes. ''Citrus'' is nativ ... production as well as a tourist resort, including several fine beaches such as that of Costa Rei. Climate References External links * Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenores Di Bitti
The Tenores di Bitti are a traditional folk music group from Bitti, Sardinia who employ a polyphonic vocal style, often described as a type of overtone singing, whose oral tradition dates back to 3000 BC.Liner notes, ''S'amore 'e mama''. The Tenores di Bitti are considered one of the best and most traditional groups in Sardinia. They extemporize or perform poems with each singer taking one of four parts: ''boke'', ''bassu'', ''contra'', or ''mea'oke''. ''Boke'' is the soloist and provides melody, ''bassu'' is the root and provides the tonic, ''contra'' provides the fifth, and ''mea'oke'' provides the octave above the fifth, filling out a chord in just intonation. There are in Bitti several " a tenore" groups and the most famous are Tenores di Bitti Mialinu Pira and Tenores di Bitti remunnu 'e Locu. Piero Sanna and Daniele Cossellu alternate ''boke'' and ''mesa 'oke'' on different songs while on all songs Tancredi Tucconi and Mario Pira take ''contra'' and ''bassu'' respectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallura
Gallura ( or ; ) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy. The name ''Gallùra'' is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area". Geography Gallùra has an area of . It is from the Italian peninsula and from the French island of Corsica. The coast of Gallura is very jagged and continues along in a continuous series of small fiords, rock-cliffs and little islands that form the archipelago of La Maddalena, a natural bridge towards nearby Corsica. The landscape is characterised by granite rocks and harsh mountains that, even if not particularly high, have constituted for millennia a barrier between this region and the nearby territories of Baronie and Montalbo. Monte Limbara is the highest mountain (1,362 m/4,469 ft). It represents the boundary between Gallura and the nearby region called Logudoro. Its highest peak is Punta Balestrieri (1362 m above the sea level). In the past, Monte Limbara used to be the location of an important NATO long range radar base and a Carabini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sassari
Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 120,497 inhabitants as of 2025, and a functional urban area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, it contains a considerable collection of art. Since its origins at the turn of the 12th century, Sassari has been ruled by the Giudicato of Torres, the Pisans, as an independent republic in alliance with Republic of Genoa, Genoa, by the Crown of Aragon, Aragonese and the Spain, Spanish, all of whom have contributed to Sassari's historical and artistic heritage. Sassari is a city rich in art, culture and history, and is well known for its palazzo, palazzi, the Fountain of the Rosello, and its elegant neoclassical architecture, such as Piazza d'Italia (Italy Square) and the Teatro Civico (Civic Theatre). As Sardinia's second most populated city, it has a considerable amount of cultural, touristic, commercial and political importance in the island. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logudoro
The Logudoro (; ) is a large historical region Sardinia, Italy. It is the namesake of the Logudorese dialect of Sardinian language, Sardinian, which covers a large area of northern-central Sardinia. The first denomination of the area is contained in a 1064 document on behalf of Barisone I of Torres, Barisone, who requested a foundation of a monastery in his Kingdom of Ore (''in renno, quo dicitur ore''). The current name is thought to have originated from Corruption (linguistics), corrupt Blend word, blending of the kingdom's alternative name Judicate of Logudoro, Logu de Torres. In the Middle Ages it was the centre of Judicate of Logudoro, one of the Sardinian medieval kingdoms, four quasi-kingdoms in which Sardinia was divided. The first capital of the area was Ardara, Sardinia, Ardara, later replaced by Sassari. From this period there are numerous countryside Romanesque architecture in Sardinia, Romanesque basilicas. After the conquest of the giudicato by the Crown of Aragon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Demuro
Francesco Demuro (born 6 January 1978), is an Italian operatic tenor who made an international career. Life and career Demuro was born in Porto Torres, Sardinia. By the age of ten, Demuro made his first stage appearance, and by the age of twelve, he had joined the Minicantadores, a group of young singers of traditional Sardinian songs in the genre known as cantu a chiterra of which he became a leading representative. He later studied in Cagliari under Elisabetta Scano, and made his opera debut in the role of Rodolfo in Verdi's ''Luisa Miller'' at the Teatro Regio in Parma in October 2007. In 2008 he appeared as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' at the Verdi Festival in Parma, as well as in Dresden, Hong Kong, at the Teatro Regio in Turin. He performed in Verdi's '' Simon Boccanegra'' in Athens, and as Rodolfo in Puccini's ''La bohème'' in Bari and Sassari. In 2009, he made his debut as Nemorino in Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore'' at the in Teatro Filarmonico di V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Carta
Maria Carta (24 June 1934 – 22 September 1994) was a Sardinian folk music singer-songwriter. She also performed in film and theatre. In 1975 she wrote a book of poetry, ''Canto rituale'' (Ritual Song). Throughout her 25-year career she covered the richly diverse genres of traditional music of her native Sardinia ( Cantu a chiterra, ninne nanne—children's lullabies, gosos, Gregorian chants, and more), often updating them with a modern and personal touch. She succeeded in bringing Sardinian folk music into wider popular awareness in demonstrations at a national level in Italy (like the Canzonissima in 1974) as well as internationally (especially in France and the United States). Career Maria Carta won the ''Miss Sardinia'' beauty contest in 1957 and later participated in the national Miss Italy competition. Around 1960, she moved to Rome where she met the screenwriter Salvatore Laurani whom she later married. She attended the Centro Nazionale di Studi di Musica Popola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuoro
Nuoro ( ; ) is a city and (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of Mount Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), it is the sixth-largest city in Sardinia. Its (borough) of Lollove is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Birthplace of several renowned artists, including writers, poets, painters, sculptors, Nuoro hosts some of the most important museums in Sardinia. It is considered an important cultural center of the Regions of Italy, region and it has been referred to as the "Sardinian Athens". Nuoro is the hometown of Grazia Deledda, the only Italian woman to win (1926) the List of Nobel Laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature. History The earliest traces of human settlement in the Nuoro area (called " the Nuorese") are the so-called Domus de janas, rock-cut tombs dated at the third millennium BC. However, fragments of ceramics of the Ozieri culture have also been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovodda
Ovodda () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Nuoro. Ovodda borders the following municipalities: Desulo, Fonni, Gavoi, Ollolai, Teti Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources (died 2333 BC), was the first pharaoh, king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara. The exact length of his reign has been destroye ..., Tiana. References Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oristano
Oristano (; ) is an Italian city and (municipality), the capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the provincial capital on 16 July 1974. , the city had 31,671 inhabitants.All demographics and other statistics: National Institute of Statistics (Italy) (Istat). The economy of Oristano is based mainly on services, agriculture, tourism and small industries. History Oristano was previously known by the Byzantines as ''Aristiánēs Límnē'' (), Georgii Cyprii Descriptio Orbis Romani'' (Lipsiae, 1890), editor Heinrich Gelzer and founded close to the ancient Phoenician settlement of ''Othoca'' (now Santa Giusta). It acquired importance in 1070, when, as a result of the frequent Saracen attacks, Archbishop Torcotorio made it the seat of the bishopric, which was previously in the nearby coastal town of Tharros. It also became the capital of the " Judica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
