Annotated guide to pre-flamenco music and dance (1750-1808) - Faustino Nuñez

Technical data sheet

• EAN: 9788409358106
• ISBN: 978-84-09-35810-6
• Publisher: Flamencopolis Editions
• Publication date: 2021
• Binding: Soft cover with flaps
• Dimensions: 15x21 cm
• Language: Spanish
• Number of pages: 600

Synopsis

This is not just a book for flamencologists, but also for lovers of music, language and the way of understanding the life of the popular classes of the 18th century. In his research over four years, the author has extracted the most significant quotes from the three thousand works, composed between 1750 and 1808, which are kept in the Municipal Library of Madrid. These are the tonadillas, interludes, sainetes, comedies, theatre dances and zarzuelas that were performed in the Madrid theatres of La Cruz and El Príncipe, many of which were taken to other Spanish and Latin American theatres. Its pages contain majo and bolero music, dances and boleros that, in the author's opinion, laid the foundations for the flamenco art that developed in the 19th century. The contents are organised into seven chapters: characters, genres, dance, instruments, places, majeza and tarabillas and jaleos, which are in turn subdivided into various sections to facilitate access to the desired information. This Guide fills a gap in documentary information that exists about this crucial period, which will help to better understand the processes that gave rise to the styles of flamenco singing, playing and dancing as we know them today.