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Tabanka Rhythm
Tabanka (Cape Verdean crioulo name of tabanca) is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music. As general music As general music, tabanka characterizes by having an ''allegro'', a binary compass, and traditionally being melodic only. In its traditional form, its structure song-responst, in which a singer mainly chants a verse that are repeated in unison by other singers. It is rhythmically done with drums and other instruments including whistlers and conches. Rhythmically there are four variants of tabanca including tabancas of Várzea, Achada Grande, Achada de Santo António (three neighborhoods of the city of Praia) and Chã de Tanque in Santa Catarina Tabanka today have been composed in other forms by recent composers and musicians. History The word "tabanka" existed in Portuguese texts in around the 16th century. The word was likely originated from some of the African languages, mainly the westernmost part of West Africa, that time, it was used to build and design fortif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Verde
, national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital = Praia , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , demonym = Cape Verdean or Cabo Verdean , ethnic_groups_year = 2017 , government_type = Unitary semi-presidential republic , leader_title1 = President , leader_name1 = José Maria Neves , leader_title2 = Prime Minister , leader_name2 = Ulisses Correia e Silva , legislature = National Assembly , area_rank = 166th , area_km2 = 4033 , area_sq_mi = 1,557 , percent_water = negligible , population_census = 561,901 , population_census_rank = 172nd , population_census_year = 2021 , population_density_km2 = 123.7 , population_density_sq_mi = 325.0 , population_density_rank = 89th , GDP_PPP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funaná
The ''funaná'' is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. ''Funaná'' is an accordion-based music. The rhythm is usually provided by the '' ferrinho'' much like the use of washboards in zydeco, the saw in Caribbean ripsaw music, the scraper in Sub-Saharan African music and the güiro in Latin and Pre-Columbian music. Characteristics As a music genre, the ''funaná'' is characterized by having a variable tempo, from ''vivace'' to ''andante'', and a 2-beat rhythm. The ''funaná'' is intimately associated to the accordion, more precisely to the diatonic accordion, commonly known as ''gaita'' in Cape Verde. This influences a lot of musical aspects that characterize the ''funaná'', such as the fact that, in its most traditional form, the funaná uses only diatonic scales, Gonçalves, C. F., '' Kab Verd Band'' — 2006 and not chromatic ones. The structure of a ''funaná'' composition is not very different from the structure of other musical genres in Cape Verde, i.e., basical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colá
Colá (also in Portuguese and the Capeverdean Creoles of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista and Brava, ALUPEK, Santiago (Badiu), Maio and Fogo: ''Kolá'') is a musical genre of Cape Verdean music As a genre music As a music genre, colá is characterized by having an ''andante'' tempo, a 6/8 or 3/4 measure and traditionally it is just melodic, i.e., it is just sung, it has no polyphonic accompaniment. In its traditional form, it is structured like a chain of melopeias (songs or recitals). Today, cola has been composed in another form by recent composers. As a dance As a dance, colá is traditionally celebrated in a street parade. History Little is known about the history of colá. This music genre is the most popular in the Barlavento Islands (which were later populated), one source stated that it was developed around the 17th century. However, it is known with other affinities with more popular genres of Santiago Island, along with batuque and taba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simentera
Simentera were a Capeverdean band or a music group performing traditional and world music and was one of the most famous groups in Cape Verde. History The band was founded in 1992. Two years after the foundation, they appeared at the 1994 Sfinks Festival at Boechout, Belgium. The group performed traditional Capeverdean music with electronic instruments, which the band gave new ways with an acoustic guitar. A local magazine called Simentera the "newest face of the other Capeverdean music". Its group members came from different professions, one of them included Lela Violão. They were one of the few Capevedeans that were strongly associated with their country. Simentera had set the consolidation of the Capeverdean identity. They created a society to support Capeverdean music, their objective was to create a cultural center, a music school for children and CD store where Capeverdean artists go and visit. Their first album was ''Raiz'' released in 1992, two of the singles were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Pantera
Orlando Monteiro Barreto (1 November 1967, in São Lourenço dos Órgãos – 1 March 2001, in Praia, Santiago), better known as Orlando Pantera was a Cape Verdean singer and composer. Three of its songs were recorded in the album ''Porton d'nôs Ilha'' (''Gates of the Island'') by the group Os Tubarões. In the early 1990s, he was part of different musical groups including Pentágono, the Capeverdeans Jazz Band quintet and Arkor. He was an author of series of composition which he earned him a nomination of the Composer of the Year in 1993. Along with João Lucas, he was part of the spectacular band "Dan Dau", a Portuguese company by Clara Andermatt which they collaborated in 1998 in ''Uma História da Dúvida''. He wrote songs for some workers of the Cape Verdean dancing company Raiz di Polon. In 2000, he won the Revelation Award (Prémio de "Revelação) at the Sete Sóis Sete Luas Festival on Santo Antão Island. He died at the age of 33 on March 1, 2001 of acute pancr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finaçon
Finaçon was a Cape Verdean band active in the 1980s and 1990s. The band was formed after the split from Bulimundo. It performed several songs in the ''funaná'' genre. This style was brought to an international level and made contracts with foreign labels. The band tried to make a new dance craze to rival soca and lambada, but had little success outside Cape Verde. Three albums and three singles were recorded, including a single that was originally sung by Codé di Dona, a fellow Cape Verdean. History In early 1988, arrangements were made for the revival of the band. The drummer, Zé Augusto, who was a maintenance technician at Cape Verde National Radio at the time, contacted Palo, (who was soundman at the same radio station) wondering if this was an opportunity for him to join the band. There were two: bass player or guitarist. Palo took guitarist, and Augusto took the drummer position. Soon after, Angelo Barbosa joined the band, sharing the title of keyboardist with Toni di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Tubarões
Os Tubarões was a Cape Verdean traditional music band who, along with Bulimundo, Finaçon and Simentera, were among the most famous music bands in Cape Verde. The band name is Portuguese for "the sharks" which are common in the waters surrounding the archipelago. History The band was founded in 1969 in Praia, the newly established national capital in the island of Santiago, Cape Verde and sang funaná, tabanka, morna and coladeira. They were founded after the country became independent and the time when the country became democratic. The most famous member was Ildo Lobo, a vocalist. Their first album released was ''Pepe Lopi'', their third album was ''Djonsinho Cabral'' released in 1979 featuring "Biografia d'um criol", first written by the great Manuel de Novas, in 1980, they released ''Tabanca'' featuring tabanka singles, one of them was a single also named "Tabanca", they released a homonymous album in 1990, a live album was released in 1993, their final album was ''Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago ( Portuguese for “Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio ( to the east) and Fogo ( to the west). It was the first of the islands to be settled: the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha and a UNESCO World Heritage Site) was founded in 1462. Santiago is home to the nation's capital city of Praia. History The eastern side of the nearby island of Fogo collapsed into the ocean 73,000 years ago, creating a tsunami 170 meters high which struck Santiago. In 1460, António de Noli became the first to visit the island. Da Noli settled at ''Ribeira Grande'' (now Cidade Velha) with his family members and Portuguese from Algarve and Alentejo in 1462.Valor simb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museu Da Tabanka
The Museu da Tabanca is a museum in the town Chã de Tanque in the western part of the island of Santiago in Cape Verde. It is dedicated to local culture, including tabanka music. The museum was first opened in 2000 in Assomada, the seat of the municipality of Santa Catarina, but in December 2008 it was moved to its current location in Chã de Tanque, also part of Santa Catarina. After two years of renovation, it was reopened in November 2017. , 17 November 2017 See also *List of museums in Cape Verd ...
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Pedro Cardoso (poet)
Pedro Monteiro Cardoso (13 September 1890 – 31 October 1942) was a Cape Verdean writer, poet and folklorist. Biography He was born in 1889 on the island of Fogo. Some sources stated his nationality was a Portuguese Guinean (now Bissau Guinean or Guinea-Bissauan) He was influenced with one of the earliest recorded writers of colonial Cape Verde especially poets including Eugénio Tavares and others including José Lopes da Silva of São Nicolau. He later moved to the colonial (now national) capital Praia where he wrote several books and poems especially of the classical-romantic related themes. In 1933, he published a work related to Cape Verdean folklore titled ''Folclore Caboverdiano'' which included traditional stories and music. His works would later be influenced in other works including poetry and short stories, these also appeared in the magazine-review ''Claridade'' published from 1936 to 1960. He died in the colonial capital Praia in 1942 at the age of 53, the cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maio, Cape Verde
Maio is the easternmost of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde. Maio is located south of the island of Boa Vista and east of Santiago. Administratively, the island forms one ''concelho'' (municipality): Maio. History The island was discovered in 1460. It was first settled at the end of the 16th century, when the land was used to raise livestock, especially goats. Salt was first exploited in the 17th century which caused the population to grow. The English exported salt to Europe from Porto Inglês, hence the name of that city.História Municipio do Maio The inconclusive Battle of Maio was fought between British and French frigate squadrons off the island's southern coast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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