Todo el mundo en general by the Spanish organist Francisco Correa de Arauxo, recorded at the renaissance organ at the Castle of Sonderborg, Denmark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQmwpH1NE6k

Todo el mundo en general is included on the CD El Arte de Tañer by Via artis Konsort member Poul Udbye Pock-Steen. The CD is released on PARLA son-

Pavana con su glosa
Cabezón’s famous pavanne that probably isn’t a pavanne and maybe not even by Cabezón.

This catchy dance piece with variations originates from a music book published in 1577 by the Spanish organist Luis Venegas de Henestrosa. The piece is attributed to “Antonio”, and this, sort of insider information, has been interpreted by music researchers throughout the years as a reference to the contemporary Spanish organist Antonio de Cabezón. To what degree this is true has already been discussed a lot of times, but it’s probable that Antonio de Cabezón had a greater name than Henestrosa…

The dull sound from the belfry scarcely reaches the interior of the Cathedral. The strokes sound rather unreal.
I notice that this time just one stroke was heard, consequently there’s just half an hour left before the guardian will return and let me out into the noisy real world of Salamanca.
What am I doing here, alone in the old romance cathedral? Or almost alone. The earthly remains of several great Spanish musicians lie buried here underneath the stone floor where I’m sitting; Francisco Salinas, Juan del Encina and several others I do not know the names of.

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I've recently created a new Early World Music network at:
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The main idea behind these pages is to share and promote a part of a musical practice which has been around since the dawn of creativity: The interchange of musical cultures, often called world music.
The prefix “early” refers to the modal musical traditions which were in use in European art music before the modern era, and are still being practiced, although nowadays to a lesser extent, in non-western cultures and in…

VIA ARTIS KONSORT is an international ensemble with musical focus aimed at the undiscovered treasures from the late Medieval to early Classic period.
Via Artis Konsort explores the form and substance of the early music with a special emphasis on timeless concepts such as sonority, improvisation and pulse.
Free download: Todo el mundo

The ensemble is formed by skilled musicians from Denmark, Spain and Poland. The ensemble leans primarily on its own investigation. which centers on the ancient skills of improvisation and embellishment.

The ensemble was founded in 2004 and has offered more than 200 concerts since then.
Full…

Folk music, Early music, world music, Scandinavian, Spanish, acoustic, modal

Via Artis Konsort is a classical music ensemble, performing early music with inspiration from world - and folk music.
The ensemble released the CD Via Stellae february 2008.
We would like you to listen to a few samples we've uploaded to Last.fm.
Todo el mundo is an interesting rhythmic song in a sort of early baroque style by the Spanish composer Francisco Correa de Arauxo. The song features a nice viola da gamba solo.
Tan buen ganadico by Juan del Encina is a lively renaissance piece in a folkloric…

We would like to introduce you to three instruments used not very often in folk and world music. Nevertheless, they used to be fairly common some 500 years ago.
The portative organ, playing together with mezzosoprano, viol, harp, pipe and tabor in: Tan buen ganadico by Juan del Encina. A lively renaissance piece in a folkloric style.
The viol, playing together with soprano, harp, portative organ and cántara in: Du livsens bröd. A very old Swedish psalm, including an intermezzo arranged with inspiration from the world-music scene.
The pipe and tabor, playing together with the harp…

A story from real cyber life:
The other day I received a message from a Japanese musician. He had just downloaded Todo el mundo from our CD Via Stellae, and had started ‘power playing’ the song on his media player.
As Last.fm gives you the possibility to register your listeners, I could actually follow the process and see that the piece was played on his computer no less than 119 times in a row. Incredible!
Next day our ensemble was presented with a gift from my Japanese friend with the mysterious sounding alias Duplex-Ache: a beautiful piece of…

Todo el mundo en general was once a very popular religious song with lyrics by the Andalusian poet Miguel Cid. The popularity it gained in its time was tremendous, in fact today we wouldn't hesitate to classify it as a "hit". But like many other popular songs throughout history, Todo el mundo had its palmy days, after which it disappeared into the darkness of oblivion. The fact that we today still have knowledge of the song, is due especially to the Spanish baroque composer Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1), who later wrote a piece for organ with variations, based on…

Todo el mundo en general was once a very popular religious song with lyrics by the Andalusian poet Miguel Cid. The popularity it gained in its time was tremendous, in fact today we wouldn't hesitate to classify it as a "hit". But like many other popular songs throughout history, Todo el mundo had its palmy days, after which it disappeared into the darkness of oblivion. The fact that we today still have knowledge of the song, is due especially to the Spanish baroque composer Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1), who later wrote a piece for organ with variations, based on…