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brief biography of shakira

Because of Arab descent, his father, elected to her the name of Shakira, which in our language means "woman full of grace."
Shakira grew up surrounded by an atmosphere of admiration for the music, began writing poems, stories and songs from a very early age. In the four years up to the stage first to perform the belly dance.

Her parents had several programs in both TV and radio in the hope that someone would discover it. At age eight Shakira conceived his first song "official", which was titled Your sunglasses, dedicated to his father and later became included in their first album. .

The first record came when he was just 13 years, Shakira's parents learned of the presence of Carlos Gutierrez, an executive of Sony Colombia in Barranquilla, and without a second thought is planted in the hotel where he was staying. After hearing a brief hearing, the manager was so impressed by Shakira's talent and offered them a contract with the famous record label. .

Esegundo album, Danger (1993), Shakira was 15 and his musical tastes were changing, after recording, the work was very dissatisfied and decided to discontinue the promotion of the album ..

Barefoot was released in 1995, with little prospect of sale, which broke even in the first month of release, when the album reached platinum, then, in August 1996 net sales reached a million copies and now exceeds three million and a half, thus becoming one of the most profitable disc recording history. .

Shakira has become an internationally renowned singer, reaching a remarkable popularity in countries like Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Puerto Rico, Spain and USA, where they are particularly well known dance versions of his songs ..

Shakira has been recorded in other languages such as Portuguese, Italian and English and the disc has had a successful promotion in Asian countries like Japan, Korea and Thailand ..

Shakira his musical influences ranging from Cat Steven to Nirvana, to Janis Joplin, Les Negresses Vertes and Spanish groups as Heroes del Silencio or Mecano ..

Welcome to the information area in which they show you more on two leaders of the world music Mozart and Shakira, and although their music styles are different, we can compare their lives and some of his songs.

I hope you like this blog, and you enjoy it and learn something new.

Thanks, Nathalie

Brief biography of Mozart

Mozart was born in Salzburg in 1756 and died 35 years later, in 1791. Along with Beethoven, was the greatest composer of his time, despite his short life.

Born in Salzburg, Austria on February 27, 1756. With only three years and played the piano parts. His father, Leopold, an excellent violinist and composer, saw in his son a genius. At 5 years, and composed his first works. In 1762, Leopold took his two sons Nannern (Wolfgang's older sister) and Wolfgang to play before the emperor in Vienna.Mozart's music was published when he was only 7 years, then it was an expert violinist.Later he played in Paris, Brussels and London, where he was already considered a genius.

Throughout his childhood, Mozart traveled throughout Europe. His first opera, La Finta Semplice wrote it with only 12 years.

In 1769, Mozart was appointed director of the Prince concert in Salzburg. Between 1769 and 1773, made 3 trips to Italy. Later, he traveled to Vienna, Munich and Paris, looking for a new job, but in vain.

Wrote major works in 1770.

In August 1782, Mozart, at 26, he married Constanze Weber, a singer. They were a happy couple despite their debts. Mozart made his living as a teacher and Constanze, as a singer. Wolfgang got no official position in Vienna until 1787, when Joseph II was hired as a composer, with a very low salary. He wrote a great work: Seralgio. Later he composed one of his masterpieces: The Marriage of Figaro. Don Giovanni, one of his best known works, was a disaster in its presentation in 1788.

Continued to compose great instrumental works. His famous Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Serenade was composed in 1787. In 1787, he composed the last of his 41 symphonies.Cosi van Tutte was a comic opera, presented in 1790. In the last years of his life, he composed The Magic Flute.

Mozart died forgotten by the kings and emperors who once had adored. He was buried in a mass grave with 12 other corpses. His true genius and skill as a composer were not recognized until much later.

SONATAS

Sonata is the name given to various musical forms, used since the Baroque period tothe rupturísticas experiences of contemporary music.
By sonata is understood as the classical model, both a piece of music as acompositional procedure that uses two contrasting themes generally. This procedure is known as "sonata form. "
The "sonata form", in addition to the sonatas themselves, is also found in various typesof musical compositions, both symphonies and quartets or concerts., have parts writtenusing the typical sonata form of reporting two topics in neighboring tones, bothdevelopment and recapitulation of two themes in the key of the first.
The bigger and more complex instrumental training for which the composer writes, the more flexible and more complex and often the application of this "sonata form", a product of the demands of writing for major instrumental ensembles, and the demandrequired .

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