La Folia
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64 La Folia La Folia is one of the oldest European musical themes. Over the course of three centuries, more than 150 composers have used it in their works. The first publications of this theme date from the middle of the 17th century, but it is probably much older. Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1672, Arcangelo Corelli in 1700, Alessandro Scarlatti in 1710, Antonio Vivaldi in his Orlando Furioso of 1727, Johann Sebastian Bach in his Peasants' Cantata of 1742 have all used this repeating theme. It disappeared in the 19th century only to reappear during the 1930s with Sergei Rachmaninov in his Variations on a theme by Corelli in 1931 and Manuel María Ponce and his Variations on "Spanish Folia" and Fugue for guitar. Since then, it has been frequently used by various composers, such as by Vangelis for the film Conquest of Paradise. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) A typical 16-bar La Folia is shown below in the key of A minor. | Am / / / | E7 / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | | C / / / | G / / / | Am / / / | E7 / / / | | Am / / / | E7 / / / | Am / / / | G / / / | | C / / / | G / / / | Am / E7 / | Am / / / | Click below for the best in free La Folia lessons available on the web. La Folia (Olav Torvund's Guitar Pages) La Folia - A Musical Cathedral La Folia - Online Music Review
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La Folia
La Folia is one of the oldest European musical themes. Over the course of three centuries, more than 150 composers have used it in their works. The first publications of this theme date from the middle of the 17th century, but it is probably much older.
Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1672, Arcangelo Corelli in 1700, Alessandro Scarlatti in 1710, Antonio Vivaldi in his Orlando Furioso of 1727, Johann Sebastian Bach in his Peasants' Cantata of 1742 have all used this repeating theme.
It disappeared in the 19th century only to reappear during the 1930s with Sergei Rachmaninov in his Variations on a theme by Corelli in 1931 and Manuel María Ponce and his Variations on "Spanish Folia" and Fugue for guitar. Since then, it has been frequently used by various composers, such as by Vangelis for the film Conquest of Paradise. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
A typical 16-bar La Folia is shown below in the key of A minor.
| Am / / / | E7 / / / | Am / / / | G / / / |
| C / / / | G / / / | Am / / / | E7 / / / |
| Am / / / | E7 / / / | Am / / / | G / / / |
| C / / / | G / / / | Am / E7 / | Am / / / |
Click below for the best in free La Folia lessons available on the web.
La Folia (Olav Torvund's Guitar Pages)
La Folia - A Musical Cathedral
La Folia - Online Music Review
