The music band Diplomáticos de Monte Alto was founded in 1990 in the town of A Coruña, Galicia. The original members of the band were Xurxo Souto (singer), Rómulo Sanjurjo (accordion), Juan Varela Guni (guitar), Mangüi Martín (bass guitar) and Manuel Viascón (drums). They belonged to the bravú movement. The music bands that took part in this movement sang in Galician and combined rock music with traditional instruments such as bagpipes. Their songs talked about the problems of the younger generations of galicians: relationships, unemployment or emigration. There was even a magazine called Bravú, edited by the galician journalist Xosé Manuel Pereiro.
The band Diplomáticos de Monte Alto giving a concert.
Oda ao futbolín is Diplomáticos de Monte Alto's most famous song. It was first released in the children's television program Xabarín Club. The song tells the story of Alexandre de Fisterra, a writer who invented table football. The following text is a fragment of an article published by The Guardian that tells the fascinating life of Alexandre de Fisterra:
Publisher and inventor of table football, Alexandre de Fisterra was exiled by dictatorship Francisco Franco. Exile made his life one of constant movement and creativity.
One of the ten children of the radio-telegraphist at the lighthouse at Fisterra, Alexandre grew up in A Coruña. At fifteen he left to study in Madrid. When his father went bankrupt, Alexandre worked as a building labourer, typesetter and tap dancer to pay for his education. The outbreak of the civil war in 1936 found him editing a literary magazine, Paso a la Juventud.
In November, 1936, Fisterra was buried under rubble by a bomb. Left lame, he and his mutilated fellow patients in a hospital in Montserrat, Catalonia, faced a future unable to play football. He explained: "As I liked table-tennis, I thought, why not invent table football?" He found a carpenter who constructed the table and carved the figures. On the advice of a local anarchist, Alexandre patented his invention in Barcelona in 1937.
Alexandre de Fisterra by anonymou
Though Fisterra himself wrote poetry, he thought they were "just verses". A restless and combative cultural agitator he dedicated his life to promote other people's work. Alexandre de Fisterra publisher and inventor, died February 0 2007.
Exercises:
1. After calmly reading the text answer to the following questions:
-What Galician instruments did introduce the music bands from the bravú movement in their songs?
- What was the name of the television program that released the song Oda ao futbolín?
-What was the job of Alexandre de Fisterra's dad?
-What was Alexandre de Fisterra's job when the Civil War started?
-Which sport were Alexandre de Fisterra's companions at Montserrat hospital not able to play?
2. Alexandre de Fisterra is not the only man claimed to have invented table-football. Search for the name of another man who also may have invented this game, and summarize his life in 6-8 sentences.
The band Diplomáticos de Monte Alto giving a concert.
Oda ao futbolín is Diplomáticos de Monte Alto's most famous song. It was first released in the children's television program Xabarín Club. The song tells the story of Alexandre de Fisterra, a writer who invented table football. The following text is a fragment of an article published by The Guardian that tells the fascinating life of Alexandre de Fisterra:
Publisher and inventor of table football, Alexandre de Fisterra was exiled by dictatorship Francisco Franco. Exile made his life one of constant movement and creativity.
One of the ten children of the radio-telegraphist at the lighthouse at Fisterra, Alexandre grew up in A Coruña. At fifteen he left to study in Madrid. When his father went bankrupt, Alexandre worked as a building labourer, typesetter and tap dancer to pay for his education. The outbreak of the civil war in 1936 found him editing a literary magazine, Paso a la Juventud.
In November, 1936, Fisterra was buried under rubble by a bomb. Left lame, he and his mutilated fellow patients in a hospital in Montserrat, Catalonia, faced a future unable to play football. He explained: "As I liked table-tennis, I thought, why not invent table football?" He found a carpenter who constructed the table and carved the figures. On the advice of a local anarchist, Alexandre patented his invention in Barcelona in 1937.
Alexandre de Fisterra by anonymou
Though Fisterra himself wrote poetry, he thought they were "just verses". A restless and combative cultural agitator he dedicated his life to promote other people's work. Alexandre de Fisterra publisher and inventor, died February 0 2007.
Exercises:
1. After calmly reading the text answer to the following questions:
-What Galician instruments did introduce the music bands from the bravú movement in their songs?
- What was the name of the television program that released the song Oda ao futbolín?
-What was the job of Alexandre de Fisterra's dad?
-What was Alexandre de Fisterra's job when the Civil War started?
-Which sport were Alexandre de Fisterra's companions at Montserrat hospital not able to play?
2. Alexandre de Fisterra is not the only man claimed to have invented table-football. Search for the name of another man who also may have invented this game, and summarize his life in 6-8 sentences.
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