Variations on a folly

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8/23/12

The night's so unexpectedly cold that I've shut all the windows and am hiding in a tune from the 16th century.  Some nights are like that.

From La Folia, a musical cathedral:

La Folia (pronounce as 'lah foh-LEE-ah') literally meaning madness, folly, or empty-headedness is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of music. This

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[mendaciloquent]

If you want to hear a somewhat bizarre rendering of La Folia, check out Atrium Musicae's. This is the first track -- they do an entire album like this, with each variation being successively stranger, though not unpleasant to listen to.

I was very sad to hear of Savall's wife passing away last year -- she was probably my favorite vocalist.

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Interesting. I like the first one. Thanks for the tip!