Her body, undulating
muellemente, is so sweet as she sends shivers through the audience in a
provocative attitude, which aroused the chaste Hippolytus world.
In 1787 the Holy Cave of Cadiz directed by Franz Joseph Haydns the oratorio of
The Seven Last Words of Our Savior Jesus Christ on the Cross was performed opus
51.
In the nineteenth century Leo Delibes wrote the song Les filles of Cadix or The
girls of gaditanas. Within the Spanish musical national identity Isaac Albeniz
composed two works in salute to Cadiz the piece in four movements, and called
the Spanish Suite for piano written in 1886 called and titled the Song Cadiz,
and Puerta de Tierra Bolero the piece travel in Memories, opus 71.
There are many songs
that mention the city in their lyrics, the song As a child of Cadiz
to El Puerto, Cadiz is in a girl wrapped in the
romance of the martyrdom of St. Catherine and I come from Cadiz another romance of three daughters of
the merchant and the prince. It is also the appellants presence in Cadiz pasodoble and the
Andalusian copla, that inspired songs as is evident in the lyrics of the songs
by Chiclanera and the son written for the pasodoble The Lily and The Port of
Carceleras.
There are many performers and groups
deserving mention for their musical achievements during the Carnival of Cadiz,
from the choruses, the groups, the chirigotas and quartets. The characteristic
instruments of groups vary at the Carnival the mirliton, the kazoo, the whistle
guiro or cane, the trumpet, the accordion, the guitar and the mandolin.
The difficult piece the tanguillo comparsero is
played with lyrics and music by Antonio Rodriguez Uncle of the chalk, and is
the unofficial anthem of the Carnival of Cadiz.
Recently, Antonio Burgos and Carlos Cano
respectively wrote the lyrics and the music of the popular Habaneras of Cadiz.
For his part Alejandro Sanz was the author of a song titled Cai and performed
by La Nina Pastori.
From Cadiz
to El Puerto the music is famous. From ancient times, the puellae gaditanae or
girls from Cadiz and the famous Telethusa were
alongside their Egyptian and Syrian counterparts as the most prized performers
in Rome for their
dances and songs.
The specific character of oriental dances
is the importance of the movement of the arm and certain dances that were
performed seated and the marked and peculiar sense of rhythm. These dances have
continued over the centuries not withstanding the many civilizations that have
occupied the area of Cadiz.
