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Na passada segunda-feira, o Presidente Barack Obama atribuiu o mais alto galardão dos Estados Unidos, na área da música popular - “the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” ao ex-Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.
Na passada segunda-feira, o Presidente Barack Obama atribuiu o mais alto galardão dos Estados Unidos, na área da música popular - “the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song” ao ex-Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.
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::Numa cerimónia que decorreu no East Room da Casa Branca, estiveram presentes várias personalidades ligadas ao mundo da música e do espectáculo; Stevie Wonder, Jonas Brothers, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris, Lang Lang, Herbie Hancock, Elvis Costello, Jack White, Corinne Bailey Rae, David Grohl e Jerry Seinfeld. Em conjunto homenagearam aquele que é considerado um dos melhores, senão o melhor, “song writer” de todos os tempos, reconhecido pelo seu extraordinário contributo para a música e cultura americanas.
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No seu discurso, Obama não esqueceu de referir a situação delicada no Golfo do México e o quanto está a afectar as populações daquela região. Deixo o discurso do Presidente:
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“We've gone through a difficult year and a half, and right now our thoughts and our prayers are with friends in another part of the country that is so rich in musical heritage -- the people of the Gulf Coast who are dealing with something that we simply had not seen before. And it’s heartbreaking. And we reaffirm, I think together, our commitment to see to it that their lives and their communities are made whole again.
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But part of what gets us through tough times is music, the arts, the ability to capture that essential kernel of ourselves, that part of us that sings even when times are hard. And it’s fitting that the Library has chosen to present this year’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to a man whose father played Gershwin compositions for him on the piano; a man who grew up to become the most successful songwriter in history -– Sir Paul McCartney”.
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Este prémio evoca a obra dos compositores George e Ira Gershwin, cuja vasta obra reside na Library of Congress. “The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins”.
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No seu discurso, Obama não esqueceu de referir a situação delicada no Golfo do México e o quanto está a afectar as populações daquela região. Deixo o discurso do Presidente:
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“We've gone through a difficult year and a half, and right now our thoughts and our prayers are with friends in another part of the country that is so rich in musical heritage -- the people of the Gulf Coast who are dealing with something that we simply had not seen before. And it’s heartbreaking. And we reaffirm, I think together, our commitment to see to it that their lives and their communities are made whole again.
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But part of what gets us through tough times is music, the arts, the ability to capture that essential kernel of ourselves, that part of us that sings even when times are hard. And it’s fitting that the Library has chosen to present this year’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to a man whose father played Gershwin compositions for him on the piano; a man who grew up to become the most successful songwriter in history -– Sir Paul McCartney”.
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Este prémio evoca a obra dos compositores George e Ira Gershwin, cuja vasta obra reside na Library of Congress. “The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins”.
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