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Nicaragua: Rumination on the Colonia Dambach

“Pennsylvania” found on the side of one of its buildings. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Misa Popular Nicaragüense

The cover art to the original recording. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Alejandro Cousin on the Importance of Music Education (1888)

Translation of an essay by Cousin originally published in El País on January 19, 1888. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Duke Ellington in Managua (1971)

A stop on Ellington’s second tour of Latin America. [More after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Rubén Darío at 146

In celebration of the 146th anniversary of the Nicaraguan poet’s birth. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: In Search of Alejandro Cousin, pt. 1

Biographical details about a Belgian musician and composer who settled in Nicaragua during the second half of the 19th Century. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Carlos Ramírez Velásquez and his Security Escort

A brief anecdote about a Nicaraguan composer. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Et ecce terrae motus 1972

In memory of the lives that were forever changed as a result of the earthquake which destroyed Managua shortly after midnight on December 23, 1972. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Pipe and Tabor [PHOTO]

Traditional folk instrument played in Diriamba. [More after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: The Fulbright Ends

Back to the States, but only for a little bit. [Read more after the jump.]

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