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María Joaquina de la Portilla Torres was born to a Spanish father (Francisco de la Portilla) and Mexican mother (Julia Torres) in León, Guanajuato. For the first six years of her life she lived in Mexico City, moving to her father's natal city, Sevilla, in 1891. She studied music in France, with Claude Debussy and Franz Lenhard among her teachers
Tota pulchra es is a Catholic prayer written in the fourth century. The title means "You are completely beautiful" (referring to the Virgin Mary). It speaks of her Immaculate Conception. Some of its verses are used as antiphons for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It takes some text from the book of Judith, and other text from the Song ...
Piano sheet music cover (Germany) The waltz " Sobre las olas " (" Over the Waves ") is the best-known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), who first published it in 1888. [1] It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide", according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music. [2]
The "National Anthem of Chile" (Spanish: Himno Nacional de Chile, pronounced [ˈimno nasjoˈnal de ˈtʃile]), also known as "Canción Nacional" ([kanˈsjon nasjoˈnal]; transl. "National Song") or by its incipit " Puro, Chile, es tu cielo azulado" ('How pure, Chile, is your blue sky'), [1] was adopted in 1828. It has a history of two lyrics ...
Ubi caritas. " Ubi caritas " is a hymn of the Western Church, long used as one of the antiphons for the washing of feet on Maundy Thursday. Its text is attributed to Paulinus of Aquileia in 796. The traditional melody probably also stems from the late 8th century. It is now and then sung at Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed ...
On 7 June 1897, the Congress of the Dominican Republic passed an act adopting "Himno Nacional" with the original music and revised lyrics as the country's official national anthem; however, then- President Ulises Heureaux (1846–1898) vetoed the act, because the lyric's author, Prud’Homme, was an opponent of the president and his ...
July 10, 2024 at 3:15 PM. Fans of Buckingham Palace can now visit a previously inaccessible portion of the iconic royal estate for the first time. Rooms inside of the East Wing at the front of the ...
Vamos, vamos, Argentina. Argentine fans cheering near the Obelisco after the men's national team qualified to the 2014 FIFA World Cup final. " Vamos, vamos, Argentina " ( pronounced [ˈbamos ˈbamos aɾxenˈtina]) is an Argentinan chant, used by supporters in sports events, mainly in football matches of the national team and related celebrations.