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Cancún. Cancún (/ kænˈkuːn / kan-KOON, US also / kɑːnˈkuːn / kahn-KOON, [4] Spanish: [kaŋˈkun] ⓘ), often spelled Cancun in English (without the accent), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist ...
The nyah-nyah tune features a descending minor third. Play ⓘ "Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah" is the lexigraphic representation of a common children's chant.It is a rendering of one common vocalization for a six-note musical figure [note 1] that is usually associated with children and found in many European-derived cultures, and which is often used in taunting.
Lo Boièr. Lo Boièr ("The Oxherd", also known as Le Bouvier in French) is an Occitan traditional song. [1] It was popular in Languedoc during the Late Middle Ages, being particularly associated to the religious movement of Catharism. [2] It might have developed during the Albigensian Crusade, when Cathar beliefs were declared forbidden.
Olé, Olé, Olé. " Olé, Olé, Olé " is a chant used in sport. The chant is based on the Spanish interjection "Olé" used to signify approval by the spectators in bullfighting; however, the chant is not used in Spain. The popular version of the "Olé, Olé, Olé" chant was first used in a 1985 song written by the Belgians Roland Verlooven and ...
Chanson. A chanson (UK: / ˈʃɒ̃sɒ̃ /, [1] US: / ʃɑːnˈsɔːn /; [2] French: chanson française [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ⓘ, lit. 'French song ') is generally any lyric -driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music or to a ...
Plainsong or plainchant (calque from the French plain-chant; Latin: cantus planus) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. [1] Plainsong was the exclusive form of Christian church music until the ninth century, and the ...
Bernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; c. 1130–1140 – c. 1190–1200) was a French poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. [1] Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, [ 1 ] his 18 extant melodies of 45 known poems in total is the most to ...
A chant (from French chanter, [1] from Latin cantare, "to sing") [2] is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of ...