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| Spanish Flamenco Music |
Spanish Flamenco style is actually the result of a blend of
cultural influences that came from gypsies, Moors and Andalusians,
among others. Flamenco is made up both of the song (canto)
and the dance (baile) and has three identifiable
forms, namely grande or hondo (meaning grand or deep),
intermedio (meaning intermediate) and pequeño
or chico (meaning small). These forms indicate the
tone of the music, ranging from serious, profound and even
tragic melodies, to oriental sounding tunes and lastly, to
lighter, more uplifting melodies.
It is not known when exactly flamenco – especially in
its song form - appeared in Andalusia. It is thought that
it was possibly sometime in the late 18th century, as reference
was first made to Flamenco in writing in the "Cartas
Marruecas" of Cadalso in 1774. The first
Flamenco-schools are said to have been created during the
late 18th and early 19th centuries in Cádiz, Jerez
de la Frontera and Seville. Flamenco singer Antonio Chacón
García from Jerez is said to have given Flamenco its
distinct Andalusian style. Born in 1869, he soon left his
hometown to seek his fortune together with guitarrist Javier
Molina and one of Molina’s brothers, a dancer. During
this time, Don Antonio also created the “malagueña”
and “cartagenera” styles, which are still used
by artists to this day.
The question still goes unanswered –
what was it that Don Antonio found in the various places he
visited that inspired him and made his creative juices flow?
