PINK FLOYD

Pink Floyd was a British rock band, considerate a xx century cultural icon and one of the most influential bands in the history of music that obtained great popularity thanks to its psychedelic music that evolved towards the progressive rock with the passage of time. She is known for her songs, the sonic experimentation, the innovative covers of her records and her elaborate live shows. Their sales exceed 300 million albums sold worldwide, 4597.5 million of them in the United States alone.

Initially the group consisted of drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist and vocalist Richard Wright, bassist and vocalist Roger Waters and guitarist and lead vocalist Syd Barrett, who became the band's first leader.Pink Floyd began with a great success in the London underground scene in the late sixties, with Syd Barrett as the main compos. In 1983 the group released the album The Final Cut which had a modest success compared to their previous works and the band did not even go on tour.
In 1985, Waters declared the extinction of Pink Floyd noting that the band was creatively exhausted. The other members, Gilmour and Mason, refused to accept this decision and continued with the group for which Waters sued them claiming part of the rights of the Pink Floyd brand.Waters lost in court but reached an agreement with Gilmour and Mason.In November 2014 The Endless River went on sale, the band's latest studio album.


ALBUMS THAT BECAME GREAT COMMERCIAL 

The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) Wish You Were Here (1975) Animals (1977)

The Wall (1979)

WISH YOU WERE HERE

The lyrics of this song are  inspired by a feeling of nostalgia for the absence of a friend and former member of the band, Syd Barrett, who left the same in 1968 for mental problems derived from drug use.

SHAKESPHEARE IS CAMING...

• What do you know about Shakespeare?

I know he was a great composer , musician, writer ... some people know him as Bardo de Avon,the epochs that he was musician and composer are Renaissance and Baroque.

• And about the music of this historical period? (I give you one clue: together, we will play two "pavans").

The Baroque was a period of the history in the western culture originated by a new way of conceiving the art.As artistic style, the Baroque arose at the beginning of the 16th century in Italy.

..As artistic style, the Baroque arose at the beginning of the 16th century in Italy

WISH YOU WERE HERE

so, so you think you can love

sky is the peace

white pigeons from the air

Can you say a better world?

for my poor friends freedom

a smile for everyone

do you think you can love

CHARLES DICKENS

He was born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812. He was an out-standing writer and novelist Englishman.His mother was of middle class. Charles  did not receive any education up to the age of nine years old.



















He married Catherine Thompson Hogarth the one that had 10 children. Though they never managed to be divorced, Dickens and Hogarth separated legally after 22 years of marriage, Charles had another pair, Ellen Ternan.





He was and is known in the universal literature.
His novels and short statements had great popularity, and still today they are edited and adapt for the cinema habitually. He wrote serials, format that it was using in that epoch. 
 He was and is an influential writer all over the world. 

Some of his more important novels are: Oliver Twist, Two Cities' Story, or A Christmas Carol.








 He died in Gads Hill Place, England, on June 9, 1870.