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Rumba flamenca, also known as flamenco rumba or simply rumba (Spanish pronunciation:), is a palo (style) of flamenco music developed in Andalusia, Spain. It is known as one of the cantes de ida y vuelta (roundtrip songs), music which diverged in the new world, then returned to Spain in a new form. The genre originated in the 19th century in ...
Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Antonio Mairena and similar artists kelped kickstart a flamenco revival as American and British rock began dominating the Spanish music scene. Emerging from this, Camarón de la Isla became one of the most popular and critically acclaimed performers of the century.
Cantes de ida y vuelta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkantes ðe ˈiðaj ˈβwelta]) is a Spanish expression literally meaning roundtrip songs.It refers to a group of flamenco musical forms or palos with diverse musical features, which "travelled back" from Latin America (mainly Cuba) as styles that, having originated in the interplay between musical traditions of peninsular Spain and those of ...
Blanca Ávila Moreno (childhood stage name, Blanquita Molina la Platera; adult stage name, Blanca del Rey; Córdoba, 1949) [1] is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer. Known for her shawl soleá, Rey received the Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Art from the King and Queen of Spain.
Jesus´s family originally came from Tudela, Navarre, Spain, although they also settled in Huesca and Zaragoza (Aragón). Escudero was an only child. Settling in the Spanish city of San Sebastian, the family opened and ran a tailor shop. The breakout of the Spanish Civil War forced them to emigrate to southern France.
In 1965 he was awarded the Sabicas Guitar Prize at the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco cordobés. [3] In 1986 he published the book La guitarra, historia, estudio y aproximaciones al arte flamenco (The guitar, history, study and approaches to flamenco art ) , a key work in the study of the flamenco guitar.
Flamenco embodies a wealth of musical cultures — Roma, Arab, Berber, Jewish, and Christian. [1] Flamenco developed into its definitive form during its Golden Age (1869-1910). Beginning in 1910, cante flamenco was popularized by the opera flamenca which included the lighter forms of flamenco such as fandangos and cantes de ida y vuelta.