Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020

[kungshamra71 892]

 PORTUGUESE ENTRY 

 

 

At every TISC edition I try, more than bringing some popular winning stuff, to bring what I think is the best (or among the best) of different musical genres of portuguese music in hope at least some of you will like it and start listening to some portuguese music.

 

After bringing fado, metal, music composers and emblematic portuguese musics, this year I was planning on showing some music from the early 80's, the post-dictatorship era, but then changed my mind and finally decided for something more traditional.

 

Did you know that Portuguese is not the only official language in Portugal? In the north of my country, in a small area inland closed to Spain, there is another spoken language called Mirandês. 

 

It's a very old language, from the middle ages, and looks kind of as a mix of spanish with portuguese.

 

Besides the language itself, the region has lots of specific traditions and their music is also different, and therefore this year's TISC entry of Portugal will be a traditional song in Mirandês!

 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

I can’t wait to find out which user is representing the country of “coming soon“ 

[IoNuTzZ 305]

ROMANIA ENTRY  

 

       Angela Gheorghiu is a Romanian soprano. Since her professional debut in 1990, she has performed in leading roles of several operas at New York's Metropolitan Opera, London's Royal Opera House, the Vienna State Opera, Milan's La Scala, and many other opera houses in Europe and the United States. She has a substantial discography primarily with EMI Classics and Decca and is especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini. Gheorghiu won the title of Female Artist of the Year at the Classic Brit Awards in 2001 and 2010. In May 2014, Gheorghiu was included in the Gramaphone Hall of Fame that celebrates the men and women whose contributions to classical music recording have proved the most influential and inspiring.

The Tree

In the garden of my house is the tree

That sings both on the leaves and on the wind,

That knows all that I like and that I feel,

That knows the song that through time I sing.

 

In the garden of my house is the tree

That tells me to be proud as he is,

That tells me to forever keep my head up,

Be it rain, be it sunshine, be it clouds: be like him!

 

The tree is proudly rising in my garden,

Full of harvest and of the heavy night,

Enemies have tried to bring it down

And watch it kneeling, bereft of might.

The tree is proudly rising in my garden,

Bedazed by the sun and the heavy light,

This tree belongs to the holy motherland,

And it will always be rooted in the ground.

 

In the garden of my house is the tree,

Standing guard, for better and for worse,

I feel its wood in my arms and I keep kissing it

And the tree suddenly changes: it is me!

 

The tree is proudly rising in my garden,

Full of harvest and of the heavy night,

Enemies have tried to bring it down

And watch it kneeling, bereft of might.

The tree is proudly rising in my garden,

Bedazed by the sun and the heavy light,

This tree belongs to the holy motherland,

And it will always be rooted in the ground.

 

 

[rybak 3,217]

2 hours ago, Werloc said:

10 days left, we could kinda use the participation list, to keep tabs on who's in, who's nominated songs and all that good shit. 

I'm here for little help

 

Registered and published song:

 

•  Croatia - Song
•  Portugal - Song
•  Romania - Song
•  Spain - Song
•  United States (2 users) - Song

 

Registered but not published song yet:

 

•  Argentina (2 users)
•  Bulgaria
•  Canada
•  China
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark (2 users)
•  France (2 users)
•  Hungary
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Italy (4 users)
•  Lithuania
•  Mexico
•  The Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  Poland (2 users)
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Tunisia

 

@Sindo or @OlympicIRL you can move that provisional list into first post, since heywoodu is busy of unknown things

[Werloc 3,164]

That's still a whole lot of countries missing and a few of those that have been regularly taking part in the contest

[rybak 3,217]

2 minutes ago, Werloc said:

That's still a whole lot of countries missing and a few of those that have been regularly taking part in the contest

Then it's time for second wave of tagging missing users.

[Werloc 3,164]

1 minute ago, rybak said:

Then it's time for second wave of tagging missing users.

I think second wave should be after everything is setup though 

[rybak 3,217]

1 minute ago, Werloc said:

I think second wave should be after everything is setup though 

Except the competing countries list in first post we have everything, I think. The logo is usually published later.

[heywoodu 15,135]

41 minutes ago, rybak said:

I'm here for little help

 

@Sindo or @OlympicIRL you can move that provisional list into first post, since heywoodu is busy of unknown things

I've asked for help in coming up with a decent-looking table  

[mrv86 3,138]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I've asked for help in coming up with a decent-looking table  

If you give an approximate concept about how you want, I’ll help you