“As for me, I think I can see myself doing the habanera.”. From Wordnik.com. [Death on a Vineyard Beach] Reference
She'd mix habanera sauce and lemonade and drink it until her esophagus spasmed. From Wordnik.com. [When Alone] Reference
If you look at the left hand on a piece of sheet music for a habanera, it's there. From Wordnik.com. [The Haitian-Born Rhythm Revolution] Reference
My husband likes a little catsup in his coctel de camron. .also with extra habanera!. From Wordnik.com. [I'd rather eat glass than....] Reference
By the time Bizet used it in the signature aria of "Carmen" in 1875, the habanera had become shorthand for Spanish music. From Wordnik.com. [The Haitian-Born Rhythm Revolution] Reference
And we hear in the left hand this habanera type of rhythm, which he said was essential to New Orleans music, this Spanish feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Marcus Roberts: 'Playing The History Of Jazz'] Reference
TOM HUIZENGA: She smokes and drinks, runs with a band of smugglers and brings men to their knees just by crooning a breathy habanera. From Wordnik.com. [Carmen on the Couch: Analyzing Bizet's Bold Heroine] Reference
One of the most potent chiles in all of Mexico hails from the Yucatan: the habanera an innocent-looking fellow a couple of inches in diameter at most. From Wordnik.com. [Mérida] Reference
The most fertile Cuban musical form turned out to be the habanera, a lilting dance form that evolved out of the old French Contre-danse in the years following the Haitian revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Haitian-Born Rhythm Revolution] Reference
And that is a kind of narrowing down of the habanera rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I love its taste - but I won't go as far as the heat level of habanera. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Very beautiful pictures taken by Alain Somvang from Apsara Images to Charanga habanera in. From Wordnik.com. [www.Perublogs.com Todos los Blogs del Perú] Reference
She was a wonderful cook and had a fondness for habanera chilies - the hottest of hot peppers, Osborne said Thursday. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A southwestern U. S.-style CHORIZO that is fairly hot, but can be made much hotter by increasing the amount of habanera chilies. From Wordnik.com. [Netvouz - new bookmarks] Reference
Once on stage, Marsalis spoke of the link between Cuban habanera rhythms and turn-of-the-century New Orleans ragtime music, which was a precursor to modern jazz. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Early on, Sorabji dabbled with exotic themes in his Quasi habanera (1917), and this interest continued throughout his life, appearing even in the late piano work Villa Tasca (1979-1980). From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Jelly Roll Morton, the first jazz composer, spoke extensively of the importance of a "Spanish tinge" in the prehistory of jazz and often incorporated habanera rhythms in his compositions. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Forms like polca, vals, and shotis (that is, polka, waltz, and schottische) reveal an enduring European influence, but more interesting are the styles that borrow from indigenous or African music: habanera, tango, milonga, and chamarrita. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
The repertoires of various other instruments have been enriched by the form - examples include six "Tango Etudes" for solo flute by Astor Maurice Ravel wrote a piece for soprano; "Vocalise-etude en forme de habanera" - and even for full orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
"He said he found that seasoning in songs such as" La Paloma, "a famous habanera. From Wordnik.com. [When Cuba Invaded America] Reference
For instance, did you know that the habanera came from Cuba and isn’t really Spanish at all?. From Wordnik.com. [Death on a Vineyard Beach] Reference
Not sure, though, if it quite reaches the heights of the score used by Peter Brooks' performance of Carmen in Glasgow (and Paris in the 1980s, where the habanera (is it the habanera?. From Wordnik.com. [Grrr...] Reference
Where is the habanera in that thing?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2008] Reference
He hummed the habanera. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis of Philistia] Reference
Track 12: 'Quasi habanera, op 8. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome] Reference
Track 4: IV Quasi habanera (24: 26). From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Charanga habanera Version (94%, 29 Votes). From Wordnik.com. [www.Perublogs.com Todos los Blogs del Perú] Reference
0.5) 100% track 12 'Quasi habanera, op 8. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome] Reference
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