Flamenco

Flamenco is an energetic and exciting work of art, that has been in Andalucía for almost five hundred years, and today flamenco has a huge number of followers around the world. Flamenco has a status of festivities in spain that are flooding with music and dance moves, ladies in colourful dresses, silk shawls, and hand painted fans in a variety of amazing designs and visitors love to grab a wine and watch a flamenco dance show in evening. (Tony,NA)…

Flamenco is an art of great persistence. Its traditional form is truly battle-born and has surpassed centuries of being shunned, social-hierarchical marginalization, and political retribution. Despite originating in Andalusia amongst socially marginalized groups of people, today flamenco is recognized as a national symbol of Spain. Initially it seems difficult to understand how the music of social and political catharsis could transform to a larger national symbol and tradition. But, looking at…

composition which is a fusion of Spanish dancing and jazz. The reason that I chose these styles are that I have always been interested in the Spanish culture as my uncle lives in Spain and taught me Spanish dancing when I was younger. I chose to fuse this with jazz as I am comfortable doing a jazz dance but I also wanted to explore it further. The diversity in Spain is reflected in the many different styles of Spanish dance that is performed all around the world. These dances include the…

“Ludwig Van Beethoven” and “Johann Bach”. The powerful Spanish influence on Isaac was greatly felt in his music. He met Felipe Pedrell in 1883 who was a renowned collector, musicologist, and composer of folk music. Felipe mentored Isaac and stirred within him the desire to dig deep into the wealthy Spain’s music traditions. His first wealthy Spanish song is known as “Suite Espanola”. The song has very intricate as well as delicate melodic nature coupled with quick dynamic changes. Baytelman…

Although Dr. Susanne Skyrm used technical musical terminology to explain what makes Spanish music distinctly Spanish, one can still gain a better perception of a distinguishing the cultural aspects without being a music major. Skyrm started her presentation by playing a brief piece, which she later dissected further. Skyrm touched a bit on the history of Spain prompting its musicality. For example, she explained how Andalucía is the melting pot region of Spain where most of its musical…

The Spanish guitar changed the face of Spaniard traditional music and dance, bring about the dance of Flamenco. While Flamenco and Classical guitar are the mostly widely known styles of music, and of course are the basis for most Spaniard music, different regions incorporate a variety of different instruments into their music to produce authentic and even more adverse and original music. Instruments used to enhance the traditional sound of music in consist of but are not limited to ancient…

The live music event I attended was a Flamenco music featured at a Pan-latin American restaurant here in Houston. The music was performed by Guillermo Serpas, a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist in Houston whose unique style combines a fusion of Spanish Guitar, Latin Jazz, and World Music. In this restaurant there are two main areas and the environment of each varies drastically. Inside if the restaurant you will find a bar and a very small stage, however this stage was not in use when I attended. And…

Flamenco is a folk art and culture from Iberia, or present day Spain. A genre that has been the musical outlet for the poor and the troubled, Flamenco is not merely a style of music, song or dance from Spain but rather a way of life that influences the daily activities of many individuals. The art of flamenco was intended to be an outward expression of an individual’s most profound emotions and the flamenco way of life. It was never intended to be a technical art performed with enduring…

The exoticization of Spain present in Debussy’s La soire ́e dans Grenade recognizes and incorporates the native sounds and rhythms of Spain with an emphasis of importing Andalusian classical music. With La soire ́e dans Grenade, Debussy tries to paint a picture of exotic Spain for Western audiences by drawing influence from increase cultural attention of Iberian Andalusi (Islamic) heritage present in Granada. Interest in Iberian Andalusi tradition began with the publication of Antigüedades árabes…

They say there is a special sound that originates for the Rio Grande region of Texas and Mexico called la frontera, “the borderland”. It is referred to as Tejano music. Veda Boyd Jones, author of Selena, describes “the music borrowed the accordion sound from Central European immigrants, mixed the band sound with a driving beat. Tejano music often reflects many different cultures- just like the people who live in the Rio Grande. It is a mixture if polka, Mexican, Latin, popular, country, rap and…