DISMARC - Metastore - Search result for query Description:(("The pieces compiled in this edition are mostly from tapes sent as letters from the Dezas de Moneixas to their family in Caracas (Venezuela). This type of correspondence was commonly used by Galician emigrants") and ("their relatives, when the tape player became a household item in the 60’s. Apart from the traditionally Galician rhythms, such as muiñeiras") and ("foliadas, they also recorded others from abroad such as jotas, paso dobles") and ("waltzes. \nThis record is part of the A Tiracolo collection, which restores historical recordings of Galician music (from the northeast of Spain). This collection recovers the Galician musical heritage in a digital format, principally recordings made between 1904") and ("1960. It includes an unedited") and ("rigorous 18-page documentary study, featuring an abundant amount of photographic material, originally from museums") and ("private collections. The booklet has been written in four languages: Galician as the main language, Spanish, English") and ("French. \n \nThe use of bagpipes") and ("hurdy-gurdies is a traditional characteristic of Galician music, as well as the use of many percussion instruments, such as the tambourine, the drum") and ("sea-shells, but also because of its vocal richness. \nIt is highly endogenous due to its rich medieval lyrical tradition") and ("also because of the country’s cultural isolation until the 19th century. Its atlantic-style features mean that it is often categorised as so-called Celtic music, which refers to the musical traditions of Celtic countries (Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany, Asturias") and ("Galicia). Moreover, it bears a remarkable resemblance to the music from the North of Portugal. Due to the vast amount of Galician emigration to America in the 19th century, new Latin-American rhythms were introduced along with new instruments") and ("line-ups."))

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