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    Arts > Music > Instruments > Stringed > Cittern > Portuguese Guitar  (8)
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  Fado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fado
From Wikipedia, the history of this Portuguse folk music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics.
  Alberto Mendes, Manuel Lemos, and Mr. Franks performing Portuguese songs and music from the Azores, 1939 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/0009.html
A collection of recordings of Portuguese songs and music made in 1939 by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Richmond, California; includes descriptive notes and audio samples.
  Coimbra Fado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fado_de_Coimbra
Wikipedia article describes the style of Fado which developed in the university town of Coimbra.
  The History of Fado http://www.lisbon-guide.info/about/fado
A history and description of a music which has become a world wide symbol of Portugal.
  Chasing the Fado http://bolingo.org/audio/texts/fr105fado.html
An article by an enthusiast for "those Portuguese Blues"; includes discography and resource lists.
  Fado Music http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/fado
World Music Central - article describing the characteristics of Fado.
  Fado - The People's Soul http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~fado/
The origins of Fado, with photographs, sound samples, and essays on the Portuguese guitar. [bilingual]

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