Cultura Francesa

MUSIC

The music of France reflects a diverse array of styles. In the field of classical music, France has produced a number of legendary romantic composers, folk and popular music while Have Seen the rise of the chanson and cabaret style. France's music industry has produced many-internationally renowned artists in the nouvelle chanson and electronic music.

French music is a mixture of a variety of styles of music. It has, for example, some music from Latin America, Africa and Asian music. France is considered the center of music in Europe. In the regions of Corsica and in the mountains of Auvergne is preserved traditional folk music and French, in which it uses the accordion and the piano as solo instruments.

Auvergne, Limousin, Morvan, Nivernais, Bourbonnais and Berry, part of central France, and is where the French hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe tradition are still alive. The bagpipe is used since the seventeenth century and its representative musicians: Bernard Blanc, Frédéric Paris and Philippe Prieur.

The hurdy-gurdy is a fusion between the accordion, piano and violin, and the result is a gorgeous melody. This style can also be found in Spain, Hungary and Russia. The south of France also has its own music, which is called trobamuffin, which is raggamuffin Occitan, and is played by Massilia Sound System ¨ ¨, a group of well-known reggae.

French opera is also well known. The first opera was "Akebar roi du Mogol" with Jean-Baptiste Lully as the composer best known for this style of music. Hector Berlioz was one of the largest and most innovative composers of the nineteenth century. He, and Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy were the pioneers who revitalized French music.

Today, the most important type of music very innovative and developed in France is "spectral music" and is very popular in Europe and the United States.

The traditional genre of France is the trova, used accordion and violin as main instruments, but in this era of music has become global, which most often heard in France now is the Euro Dance, Electronic, Pop and House aforementioned genres.

FOOD

The cuisine of France is considered one of the largest in the world. It is characterized by its variety, the result of French regional diversity, both culturally and raw materials, but also for their refined job. the influence is felt in almost every kitchen in the western world have been incorporating the skills base French cuisine. Several French chefs have an international reputation, such as Taillevent, La Varenne, Carême, Escoffier, or Bocuse Ducasse. It is now included, along with the cuisine of Mexico, in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, from the November 16, 2010.

French food is known for its variety and refinement is considered one of the most important foods in the world. Its main products include butter, cheese, mushrooms, tomatoes, herbs, pork, sausages, etc. Some snacks like breakfast Tartine and are world renowned for their simplicity but few know that come from France, is the simple toast with butter and jam to eat at breakfast.

Traditionally, each region has its own kitchen:

• Northwest cuisine uses butter, crème fraîche and apple;

• Southwestern cuisine uses oil, foie gras, mushrooms and Armagnac;

• Southeast cuisine is characterized by Italian influences

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