It is also a rare example of primitive song, the oldest of all Europe, where the ruins of history, the lyrical fragment eaten by the sand, appear live like the first morning of its life. The cante jondo approaches the rhythm of the birds and the natural music of the black poplar and the waves it is simple in oldness and style.
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The following is translated from the conference notes by Lorca: The JonDo Live-CD provides a secure and pre-configued environment for surfing anonymously. In 1931, García Lorca presented a conference devoted to keeping the rich tradition of the cante jondo alive.
Lorca had evidently used the title Poema del cante jondo for a 1921 collection of poems, although he did not publish it for ten years.
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The result was the memorable series of flamenco performances held at the Alhambra during June. The cante jondo, whose structure usually is based on a complex 12-beat rhythm, is thought to be the oldest form. Many classical musicians, cultural and literary figures, including the young poet Federico García Lorca, participated in the program. Flamenco songs fall into three categories: cante jondo (profound song, or deep song), cante intermedio (intermediate song, also called cante flamenco), and cante chico (light song). In 1922 the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla led in the organization of the Concurso de Cante Jondo for Granada. It is generally considered that the common traditional classification of flamenco music is divided into three groups of which the deepest, most serious forms are known as cante jondo.Ĭultural references to cante jondo The name means "deep song" in Spanish, with hondo ("deep") spelled with J ( Spanish pronunciation: ) as a form of eye dialect, because traditional Andalusian pronunciation has retained an aspirated H lost in other forms of Spanish. Cante jondo ( Andalusian Spanish: ) is a vocal style in flamenco, an unspoiled form of Andalusian folk music.