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ﾃ］gel Mislan
ﾃ］gel Mislan (March 1, 1862 – February 1, 1911) was a composer of Puerto Rican Danzas. Early years Mislan (birth name: ﾃ］gel Mislan Huertas) was born in San Sebastiﾃ｡n, Puerto Rico where he was raised and educated. The small town is located in the western part of Puerto Rico. His father was a music teacher who gave private lessons on the use of musical instruments. Mislan learned from his father how to play the clarinet and the euphonium (the latter is essential in the performance of Puerto Rican danzas). When he was very young he went to Spain to further his musical training by learning composition and harmony. Musical career In 1886, when Mislan was 24 years old, he returned to Puerto Rico and settled down in Arecibo. There he joined the Military Band of the Third Battalion of Volunteers; eventually, he became the director of that band. During this period he wrote his two best known danza compositions, "''Sara''" and "''Tu y Yo''" (You and I). His style differed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico
Barceloneta (, ) is a Barceloneta barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico located in the north region, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Florida, Puerto Rico, Florida (city and municipality in Puerto Rico), east of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Arecibo, and west of Manatﾃｭ, Puerto Rico, Manatﾃｭ. Barceloneta is spread over 3 barrios and Barceloneta barrio-pueblo, Barceloneta Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area. Etymology The name of ''Barceloneta'' ("Little Barcelona") is derived from the Spain, Spanish city, from where the town's founder originated. ''La Barceloneta, Barcelona, Barceloneta'' is also the name of a beach and neighborhood of Barcelona. History Barceloneta was founded on July 1, 1881 by Bonocio Llenza Feliﾃｺ, an immigrant from Barcelona, Spain. Barceloneta was one of the last municipalities created by the Spanish Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March (music)
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's ''Gﾃｶtterdﾃ､mmerung'' to the brisk military marches of John Philip Sousa and the martial hymns of the late 19th century. Examples of the varied use of the march can be found in Beethoven's ''Eroica'' Symphony, in the Marches Militaires of Franz Schubert, in the Marche funﾃｨbre in Chopin's Sonata in B flat minor, the "'' Jﾃ､ger March''" in the by Jean Sibelius, and in the Dead March in Handel's ''Saul''. Characteristics Marches can be written in any time signature, but the most common time signatures are , ('' alla breve'' , although this may refer to 2 time of Johannes Brahms, or ''cut time''), or . However, some modern marches are being written in or time. The modern march tempo is typically around 120 beats per minute. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Puerto Rican Composers
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
