Talk:Folia

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Contents 1 Ostinato 2 19th century 3 La Folia variations 4 Chord notation

[edit] Ostinato

Has Folia been used as an ostinato? Hyacinth 10:43, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 19th century

I changed the part that said La Folia was not/almost not used in the 19th century. See the chronological overview at [1]; in summary:

 Century  Folias
 17th     31
 18th     61
 19th     28
 20th    126
 21st     17

With 28 compositions it's less than the 18th century, but too many to say it nearly disappeared. Of course, the list is not complete, one may suppose that the longer ago the more compositions have been lost. That would explain the enormous number for the 21st century (extrapolate that...). China Crisis 16:25, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] La Folia variations

The usually accepted translation of the word "folia" is madness. As a matter of fact I have been told that it should rather be leaf from the portughese "folha". The word "folia" does not exist in the (modern) portughese dictionary.

[edit] Chord notation

Say, if the dm chord progression is right, then isn't it i-V-i-bVII-bIII-etc...? One or the other would appear to be wrong. 72.211.244.248 17:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)T. Gnaevus Faber