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Volatility, `folk,' sexual landscapes: notes on translating anonymous lyrics from medieval Spain
It's the future that we see, unconsciously, as strangely set in stone; a painted paradise or no paradise. The past is wildly volatile. As teenagers, ......(Continue Reading) Fortuna A Collection of Ladino Songs
ARC Music 1716 BRUCE ADOLPHE Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering Naxos 559413 Fortuna is a Brazilian singer who discovered her personal connection ......(Continue Reading)Singing The Maine: The Popular Image Of Cuba In Sheet Music Of The Spanish-American War
Thirty-three years after the last battle of the Civil War, a call to arms again rang out across the United States when the battleship Maine exploded ......(Continue Reading)The folk process: lyrics sent by our readers: new words to old tunes or snatches of a good song—different viewpoints, too
This song came in from Tom Lehrer who reports that it was written for and used on the November 25, 1989, broadcast of Garrison Keillor's American Radio ......(Continue Reading)Blossom dearie and the lost city - tribute to cabaret singers and their special song lyrics that reflect sophistication and urbanity - Column
Various singers have immortalize song lyrics that have served as accolades for a cultured way of life. It and the lyrics are disappearing, although the ......(Continue Reading)
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