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Tabanka
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 forti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabanka Rhythm
Tabanka (Cape Verdean crioulo name of tabanca) is a musical genre of Music of Cape Verde, 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 Conch (instrument), conches. Rhythmically there are four variants of tabanca including tabancas of Várzea, Praia, Várzea, Achada Grande, Achada Santo António, Achada de Santo António (three neighborhoods of the city of Praia) and Chã de Tanque in Santa Catarina, Cape Verde, 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 l ... [...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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Cape Verdean Music
Cape Verde is known internationally for '' morna'', a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. ''Funaná'', ''Coladeira'', '' Batuque'' and '' Cabo love'' are other musical forms. Language In the contrary of Cape Verdean literature, the music of Cape Verde is performed in Cape Verdean Creole and not in Portuguese. Therefore, the music, in Cape Verde, is considered to be creolophone and not lusophone. Songs composed in Portuguese do exist (for instance, ''“Mar eterno”'' from Eugénio Tavares, ''“Ponta do Sol”'' from António Caldeira Marques, ''“Separação”'' from Palmeirinho) but are extremely scarce. History Cape Verde is an island archipelago that was uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1462. The sailors brought with them African slaves, and the islands' population became mixed with elements of both races. Climate conditions made the islands inhospitable, and the Portuguese governments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Cape Verde
Cape Verde is known internationally for '' morna'', a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. ''Funaná'', ''Coladeira'', '' Batuque'' and '' Cabo love'' are other musical forms. Language In the contrary of Cape Verdean literature, the music of Cape Verde is performed in Cape Verdean Creole and not in Portuguese. Therefore, the music, in Cape Verde, is considered to be creolophone and not lusophone. Songs composed in Portuguese do exist (for instance, ''“Mar eterno”'' from Eugénio Tavares, ''“Ponta do Sol”'' from António Caldeira Marques, ''“Separação”'' from Palmeirinho) but are extremely scarce. History Cape Verde is an island archipelago that was uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1462. The sailors brought with them African slaves, and the islands' population became mixed with elements of both races. Climate conditions made the islands inhospitable, and the Portuguese governments ... [...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 Music of Cape Verde, 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 Bar (music), measure and traditionally it is just melody, melodic, i.e., it is just sung, it has no polyphony, 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 genre ... [...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, Cape Verde, Santo Antão Island. He died at the age of 33 on March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Santa Catarina is a ''concelho'' (municipality) of Cape Verde. It is situated in the western part of the island of Santiago. Its seat is the city of Assomada. Its population was 45,920 in 2017 (estimate). Its area is . Subdivisions The municipality consists of one ''freguesia'' (civil parish), Santa Catarina. The ''freguesia'' is subdivided into the following settlements (population data ): * Achada Galego (pop: 865) * Achada Gomes (pop: 743) * Achada Lazão (pop: 2) * Achada Leite (pop: 142) * Achada Lem (pop: 2,088) *Achada Ponta (pop: 195) * Achada Tossa (pop: 742) * Aguas Podres (pop: 205) * Arribada (pop: 286) *Assomada (pop: 12,332, city)Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batuque (music And Dance)
The Batuque is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. As a music genre As a music genre, the ''batuque'' 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. When compared with the other musical genres from Cape Verde, the ''batuque'' has a call and response structure, and it is the only genre that is polyrhythmic. In fact, analyzing the rhythm, one finds out that it is a 3-beat rhythm over a 2-beat rhythm. In its traditional form, the ''batuque'' is organized as if it were an orchestral ''crescendo''. It possesses two movements (if we may call them so): In older times the music began with an introduction on the ''cimboa'' that provided the base musical line. Nowadays the usage of that instrument is extinct. The first movement is called, in Creole, ''galion'' . In this movement one of the performers (called ''batukaderas'' ) executes a polyrhythmic hit, while t ... [...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] |
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 d ... [...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 ''P ... [...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 simbóli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
