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flamenco
flamenco Traditional song, dance, and instrumental music, thought to have developed from an amalgam of Romany, Jewish, and Arab cultures in Andalusia,
s Spain. Flamenco consists of improvisation within strict rules. There are three types of song, of which the most demanding is
cante hondo. The dances epitomize pride, poise, and sensuality. They are accompanied by handclaps, finger-snapping, and rhythmic rolls on the guitar.
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Flamenco fever
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/4/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 08-04-2006 Headline: Flamenco fever Byline: SARINA ROSENBERG...Hayovel. The object of her love is flamenco, and the backdrop for her love...Duende, the Municipal Center for Flamenco Art. "Every time that I saw flamenco...
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Flamenco Networks Ships Enterprise Edition of Web Services Management Solution.
Business Wire; 1/13/2003; 700+ words
; ...Web Services behind and across firewalls. Flamenco Networks began shipping the Enterprise Edition...Utilizing the same proven technology as Flamenco's on-demand Web Services Network, Flamenco's Enterprise Edition enables companies...
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 "Américas (Spanish Edition)")
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Flamencos: arreboles rosados en la cima de los andes: en el altiplano boliviano, tres especies de flamencos compiten armoniosamente por su supervivencia.
Magazine article from: Américas (Spanish Edition); 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...aos de antigedad, los flamencos encontraron lagos poco...ascendiendo en altura, los flamencos se aferraron a sus recursos...laguna Colorada vive el flamenco ms raro del mundo, el Phoenicoparrus jamesi (flamenco de James o parina chica...proyecto de conservacin de flamencos y humedales ...
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Flamenco resonates through De Lucia's life
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; For some, flamenco is little more than a collection of cliches -- the fiery...others it is high art. For master guitarist Paco de Lucia, flamenco is a way of life. "In flamenco there is no school in the conventional sense," he said...
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Flamenco's young virtuosos. (Global Guitar)
Magazine article from: Guitar Player; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Never in flamenco's history have so many young musicians, working...with which these young virtuosos are developing flamenco's many complex forms, it is hard to believe that flamenco guitar is still in its infancy. * It was not until...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Flamenco for Eva; Flamenco star Eva Yerbabuena is one of the most dramatic practitioners of the Spanish dance style you are ever likely to see. The fact that she was born in Germany and doesn't have a gypsy bone in her body is neither here nor there.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 1/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...the chocolate-eyed, inky-haired flamenco siren hailed from dusty Seville or smoky...woman routinely called 'the greatest flamenco dancer of our age' was born in sensible...whose life and work is nothing like the flamenco image of popular lore. For a start...
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Flamenco flourishes Andalucia's ancient art form is entering a golden age but still retains all the passion exemplified by its gypsy creators
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 11/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; "I wouldn't ever want flamenco to become a brainy exercise," says...with Jimi Hendrix. With his Paco Pea Flamenco Dance Company, now in its 30th year...knowledge, he is first to say that flamenco's spirit resides not in the mind...
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Flamenco: Passion, Politics and Popular Culture.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; WASHABAUGH, WILLIAM. Flamenco: passion, politics and popular culture...14.95 (paper) In the Preface to Flamenco, William Washabaugh presents his...that emphasizes the multivocality of flamenco and its location at the crossroads...
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Flamenco of the soul - 2002 festival comes to Boston.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 1/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; At first glance, a flamenco performance seems like a simple thing...the remote corridors of the soul. "Flamenco is very rich, it is full of stories...Eva La Yerbabuena. "Knowing that flamenco is a way of expressing a people, a...
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Flamenco Fusion
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Week; 11/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...rhythm. There are some who say that flamenco song and dance have their roots in Jewish...imposing a rhythm that has more of a flamenco feel," says Gerard Edery, who has...taken Edery to his latest project, "Flamenco Sepharad," an evening of song and dance...
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flamenco
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
flamenco Spanish music and dance typical of the Gypsy , or gitano. Flamenco dancing is characterized by colorful costumes...execution is brilliant, noisy, and passionate. Flamenco music is believed to have originated in the early...
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cante flamenco
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
cante flamenco. Type of melody popular in Andalusia and used in both song and dance. A branch of cante hondo . The significance of the word flamenco (Flemish) is much disputed. See also flamenco .
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De Lucia, Paco
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...wrote Bill Milkowski describing the great flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucia, in down beat...to play. It was here that one of the flamenco masters, Sabicas, was so impressed...already mastered the technical aspects of flamenco music, de Lucia began incorporating...
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de Lucia, Paco
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Paco de Lucia Flamenco guitarist Bill Milkowski described the great flamenco guitarist, Paco de Lucia, as "The portrait of...to America to play. It was here that one of the flamenco masters, Sabicas, was so impressed by the youth...
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Montoya, Carlos García: 1903-1993: Guitarist
Book article from: Contemporary Hispanic Biography
...Guitarist Carlos Montoya transformed flamenco guitar in the 1950s and 1960s, showing...Montoya asserted the independence of the flamenco guitar as a viable world-class solo instrument, and his impact on the spread of flamenco cannot be underestimated." Montoya...
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