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BERTSOLARITZA:
Improvisational Basque verse |
Bertsolaritza
is the art of singing extemporary composed songs in the Basque
language--Euskara--according to various melodies and rhyming
patterns. Bertsos can be composed at a variety of occasions but
generally either by a solo bertsolari, in company between more than
one bertsolari amongst friends or at a competition. Such a sung
piece of composition is called a bertso, the person who sings
it is called a bertsolari and the art of composing bertsos is
called bertsolaritza.
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read this special English issue on Bertsolaritza |
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Basque-American (Bertsolari) Poets
Jesus Goni, Jesus Arriada, Johnny Curutchet & Martin Goicoechea,
National Endowment For The Arts Announces the 2003
Recipients of the
Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and
Traditional Arts
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