3/30/2024 0 Comments Flamenco cante jondoThe key difference lies in that: “it is a communication of a dark soul rather than an exuberant entertainment.” Lorca, a member of the avant garde Generación del 27 with their recognition of poetic forefathers such as Góngara, had grown up emersed in the rich and mystical character of his native Andalusia so these “verses that condensed momentous events of human experience into a few, resonant words” held an obvious appeal for the young poet. Ĭante jondo is the forerunner of the flamenco, explains Hobbs. Instead, he suggests that: “ Book of Poems was Lorca’s initial lyrical statement of existential conflict, and Poema del cante jondo is its subsequent symbolic expression.” Indeed Maurer makes the point that Lorca, and Manuel de Falla, whilst arguing against opposition to their 1922 folk festival, insisted that cante jondo was not simply folklore but “living proof of Granada’s ‘universality’”. As Loughran bemoans: “Too often general commentaries on Lorca’s poetry point to Poema del cante jondo as an example of the ‘folkloric’…”.
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