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Period end Illustration 18: Beneventano Palazzo del Bosco, Syracuse, designed by Luciano Ali between 1779 and 1788 is a sober late Sicilian Baroque. The balconies of wrought iron and gentle curves, suggest an approach to neoclassicism. As with all architectural styles, people get tired by the end of the Baroque. In some parts of Europe was turned into rococo, but not in Sicily. And outside of Austria, the island has been governed since 1735 by the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV, under the official name of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. Therefore Palermo was in constant contact with the principal, Naples, producing an increasing return to the architecture of classic style. Along with this, among many of the most noble Sicilian cults became a fashion obsession for everything French, from philosophy to the arts through fashion and architecture. Several visits to Paris because of this interest, and returned to Sicily with the last recorded and treated theorists of French architecture. French architect Leon Dufourny was in the island between 1787 and 1794, studying and analyzing the temples of ancient Greece. The Sicilian rediscovered its ancient past, the classical language became the rage now. The change in taste not occurred overnight. Baroque remained popular, but now the baroque balconies, however extravagant, were built with heavy classical columns. Dufourny started designing in Palermo, and Templete entrance to the Botanical Gardens was the first building in Sicily based on the order Dorico Greek. It was pure neoclassical architecture, as in England starting from 1760, as a sign of what was coming. The Dufourny great friend and colleague Giuseppe Marvuglia was the architect who led the gradual decline of the Sicilian baroque. In 1784 the design-Palazzo Belmonte Riso, a fine example of this transition period architectural reasons combines Baroque and Palladian architecture of a building with...
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Choirs The University Choir of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata was the first artistic ensemble, originated in the concern of students and is the first of its kind in Argentina. His debut was the September 19, 1942 under the direction of Rodolfo Kubik master. His motto is "Friends of Music" and momentum since its inception the development of other university choirs. In 1959 he organized the First La Plata University Choirs Festival, starting a tradition that continues to the present (year 2005). His repertoire includes classical works of the sixteenth century religious music, popular Argentine folk music and contemporary (works by composers such as Carlos Guastavino, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Astor Piazzolla, Blazquez Eladia), Latin American music and black spirituals. Among his international tours highlighted a series of concerts in cities on the East Coast of the United States in 1965, where he was invited to the opening of Lincoln Center in New York, a tour of European cities in 1970 (with performances in Rome, Paris , Munich, Vienna and Frankfurt), participation in 1995 in the "Festival Internacional de Musica de Cantinogros" in Spain and "Rinascimenti Urbino, Italy, and in 2000 participated in the International Festival of Choral Music" America Cantat III "in Caracas. Its current director is Mtro. Luis Clemente. The Youth Choir was established in September 1983, composed of young start-coral during high school. He has participated in prestigious events and festivals, touring Brazil, Ecuador, Spain and Italy. In 1994 he obtained the First Prize at Musica Corel Bonaerenses in the youth tournament in 1995 and a First Prize in the II th International Choir Contest in the city of Trelew. His repertoire includes classical music and popular music of Argentina. Its current director is Mtro. Paul Canavos. The Chamber Choir was founded in 1985. Its objectives are to complement...