1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr.)) : sound, color
Playing Time
010000
Description
digital
video file
Physical Medium
polychrome
Performer
Maria Joao, singer, interviewee.
Summary
It is said that a culture can be better understood by listening to its music than by learning its language. In Portugal this music is the fado: bittersweet, melancholic sounds that reflect the desire for something that has been lost forever. Fernando Pessoa called this sadness without a reason "leafing through the soul." Maria Joao is not a fadista, and yet her playing with tones is rooted in this tradition.
