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| Hundertwasser Newbie Austria hw-archive.com/ Joined 4969 days ago 8 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 4 13 April 2011 at 7:34pm | IP Logged |
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I'm a big fan of the chanson genre, and other lyric-driven music. Usually this
type of music is accompanied by acoustic guitar, violin, accordion or piano. The lyrics often derive from poetry. Sometimes this type of music is even referred to as "sung poetry" or "literary music" (The second is a literal translation from Polish). I’m a big fan of this type of music in French, Russian, and Polish. Recently on my journeys I also got to hear Vietnamese chanson – although I did not understand the lyrics (too bad). I think “literary music” or whatever you want to call it can be a great tool for learning languages. I started this thread for two reasons: 1. To inquire if anyone else enjoys this genre of music and/or uses it for language study. 2. I AM VERY, VERY MUCH looking for recommendations as to this kind of music in Spanish. Please help me! This is the language I study now, and I’m sure there must be an overabundance of this kind of music in Español. -FH Ps. If you want to hear what this type of music sounds like, here is an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEj4ETH9spU 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5462 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 2 of 4 13 April 2011 at 8:41pm | IP Logged |
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If I'm following you, the type of music you're talking about is pretty popular in Spain and in the rest of the Spanish speaking countries. The 'author/singers' who sing this kind of music are called, accordingly, 'cantautores'.
I'm not really a fan of this kind of music but I know the two following Spanish singers fall under the category: Joaquín Sabina Silvio Rodríguez There is a great abundance of lyrically-driven music in the Spanish speaking world. However, a lot of the performers would really fall under other musical categories. Two examples of singers who write poetically driven lyrics under a more pop or rock musical umbrella are Gustavo Cerati and particularly Andrés Calamaro. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6573 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 3 of 4 13 April 2011 at 10:13pm | IP Logged |
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Maybe Andy Andy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0o66MmmtJMU 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5557 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 4 of 4 14 April 2011 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
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Mercedes Sosa I would imagine is great example of lyrically driven music with simple accompaniment.
Gracias a la Vida 1 person has voted this message useful |
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