Transcript Artists of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Music
(Catalan Music)
Estefanía Zarco Mayorgas
4t ESO A
JOAN MANEL SERRAT
He was born on December 27, 1947 in Barcelona, in “Poble
Sec” a popular, working class neighbourhood. He is the
smaller of his two brothers. He studied from the three up
to ten years in the “ Pias school of San Antonio”. He
continued his studies in the High School Mila and Fontanals
of Barcelona. While he studied, in his free time he
played the guitar. Serrat was one of the first singers
that sang in Catalan language after Franco´s dictatorship.
In 1968 he was asked to represent Spain in the
Eurovision Festival with the song “La, la, la ",but finally
Massiel represented it because he refused to sing in
Spanish language, and she won a prize with Serrat's
song. In 1969 his first son was born and he made his
first tour in South America , he repeated it one year
later. Some of his records : ' Dedicated to Antonio
Machado ' and in 1970 ' My childhood '.
In 1971 he published one of his more important records:
'Mediterráneo'. At that moment , Serrat had become
one of the main symbols of freedom, both in Spain and in
Latin America.
In 1981 he published ' In traffic ', and he managed to
be at the top of the Spanish lists.
In 2003 he composed another album " Serrat sinfónico "
in which there is a summary of his well known songs.
In 2006 Serrat launched a new record in Catalan,
"Mô".
Manolo García
Manolo García was born in Férez (Albacete), though he
moved to Barcelona, Poble Nou, when he was small. His
interests are music and painting.
In 1982 he coincided with Quimi Portet, when Quimi
was playing the guitar in the group ' Los Rápidos '.
They joined and formed the group ' Los burros ', which
finally would be ' El último de la fila'.
In 1998 they decided to separate and he continued his
career in solitary.
The same year, Manolo García announced the publication
of his first album in solitary, ' Arena en los bolsillos'.
In 2001 he composed a new record 'Nunca el tiempo es
perdido'
Manolo García's last work is called ’ Para que no se
duerman mis sentidos’
Manolo García CD´s
Habaneres
They are popular, traditional, catalan songs
that were sung in taverns in the old times
interpreted by fishermen. Their lyrics are
always about the Mediterranean Sea,
fishermen and about the life of those Catalans
who migrated to Cuba looking for a better life.
Calella, a beautiful village on the Costa Brava,
is well known for habaneres and every July
they celebrate a music festival.
El meu avi
(My grandfather))
by Joan Ortega Monasterio
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El meu avi va anar a Cuba
a bordo del "Català"
el millor barco de guerra
de la flota d'ultramar.

Arribaren temps de guerres
de perfídies i traïcions
i en el mar de les Antilles
retronaren els canons.
El timoner i el nostre amo
i catorze mariners
eren nascuts a Calella
de Palafrugell.
I els mariners de Calella
-el meu avi enmig de totsvaren morir a coberta,
al peu del canó.
Quan el "Català" sortia a la
mar
els nois de Calella feien un
cremat
mans a la guitarra solien cantar:
Visca Catalunya. Visca el
"Català!
Quan el "Català" sortia a la mar
cridava el meu avi:
Apa, nois, que és tard!
però els valents de bordo
no varen tornar,
tingueren la culpa els americans