Valencian composer Ruperto Chapi (1851 1909) was a popular and important artist in Spain in his time writing symphonic band Choral and chamber works as well as more than one hundred zarzuelas many of which ran more than one hundred nights on the stage in Madrid and elsewhere. This form of comic musical semi-opera employed both spoken dialogue and musical numbers. This song Carceleras Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores from Las Hijas Del Zebedeo has retained its popularity and is frequently performed and recorded.The style is almost a patter song allegretto requiring verbal and Vocal dexterity from the soloist. The text is in Spanish untranslated.

In the past two decades tango has experienced a popular resurgence worldwide. Almost universally familiar as a dance form, tango is also a distinctive genre of song or canción that was born in the impoverished outskirts of late 19th-century Buenos Aires. Whether sung in Spanish, or as would happen later, in Italian or Russian. Twenty-six songs illustrate the growth and diversity of tango from its Argentine roots to its dissemination throughout Europe and into the Middle East and beyond. These songs are represented both in print - with melody lines, chord boxes and lyrics in their original language and in English - and through classic recordings by the original artists on the accompanying CD. The CD features 26 classic recordings by the original artists. Donald Cohen is a New York born lawyer, history and music professor, guitarist and folklorist, he has also devoted himself to studying and collecting music from Europe and the Americas. / Chant Et Guitare

Tous les chants sont accompagnés de leur partition et des accords de guitare. - Chansons pour les enfants