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*This is a free Adult School event offered as part of "A Journey through the Philippines." Click on the ticketing link for more details.The Philippine rondalla is a string ensemble which uses a number of different-sized, 14-stringed plectrum instruments called bandurria, laud, and octavina. Considered hybrids of the guitar and the cittern families, these flat back lutes play the melody and counter melody, while the double bass and the guitars provide the rhythm. The rondalla, with roots in Spain, has a long history in the Philippines and is a valued cultural legacy.
In Filipino life, the rondalla sound is ever present and forever recognizable music that provokes remembrance, musical expression that eloquently speaks of a people’s joy and innermost longing.
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Montclair Public Library, 50 S Fullerton Ave,Montclair,NJ,United States
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