The small country of Andorra is home to folk dances like the contrapàs and marratxa, which survive in Sant Julià de Lòria especially. Andorran folk music has similarities to all of its neighbors, but is especially Catalan in character, especially in the presence of dances like the sardana. Other Andorran folk dances include contrapàs in Andorra la Vella and Saint Anne's dance in Escaldes-Engordany ^[1]. Sant Julià de Lòria is one of the parishes of Andorra. ... Catalonia (in Spain and France) has one of the oldest documented musical traditions in Europe, and has had a rich musical culture continuously for at least two thousand years. ... The sardana (Catalan plural sardanes) is a type of circle dance typical of Catalonia. ... Andorra la Vella by morning Andorra la Vella (2004 est. ... Escaldes-Engordany is one of the parishes of Andorra. ...

Radio Nacional d’Andorra runs both Radio Andorra and the music station Andorra Música.

Music festivals in Andorra include the ChamJam Music Festival, Ordino and the jazz Escaldes-Engordany International Jazz Festival. Violinist Gérard Claret is the director of the Young National Orchestra of Cambra d'Andorra. Categories: Europe geography stubs ...

The national anthem of Andorra is "El Gran Carlemany" (Great Charlemagne) ^[2]. It was adopted on 8 September 1914, the feast day of Andorra's patron saint, the Virgin of Meritxell. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nations government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ... El Gran Carlemany (The Great Charlemagne) is the national anthem of Andorra. ... Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great[1]; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ...

Eurovision

Andorra did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest until 2004, when the national broadcaster RTVA entered the competition. In 2004, Spaniard Marta Roure's "Jugarem a estimar-nos" was both the first Andorran and the first Catalan language entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest, though it failed to qualify for the final. Andorra's entered again with ("La Mirada Interior") sung by the Dutch singer Marian van der Wal. Again, Andorra did not come through the semi-final round. ^[3]. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Catalan (Català IPA: ) also called Valencian (Valencià IPA: ) is a Romance language, the only official language of Andorra and co-official in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia. ...

References

• ↑  For Culture Lovers. FEVA. URL accessed on September 28, 2005.
• ↑  Andorra. National Anthem Reference Page. URL accessed on September 28, 2005.
• ↑  Andorra. All Kinds of Everything. URL accessed on September 28, 2005.
• MIDI samples of traditional music from the Iberian peninsula Includes some Andorran folksongs collected by Palmira Jaquetti.