Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was murdered by Nationalist partisans, was executed, shot by Falange militia at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, on August 19, 1936 and thrown into an unmarked grave somewhere between Víznar and Alfacar, near Granada.
En Castellano
Se la dan de inteligentes Muchos hombres en esta vida Se la dan de inteligentes Y son la fruta podrida Esa que escupe la gente A la primera mordida
En Ingles
They think they're clever so many men in this world they think they're clever and they're just rotten fruit the kind that people spit out at the very first bite
En Castellano
Que bonita está Triana Cuando le ponen al puente Banderas republicanas
En Ingles
Triana is so beautiful when the bridge is decorated with Republican flags
Federico Garcia Lorca
THE LAMENT IN RHYME Flamenco and poetry by Candela Olivo
"It is one thing to zapatear and another to stamp on the ground. You don't stamp on the ground, you draw sounds from it through caresses".
"Dancing is not a matter of steps, but [what is done] between step and step. Doing one movement after another is no more than this, movements. The important thing is how and why they are linked, and what you want to say through them".
Antonio Gades adapted dancing to the texts written by Federico Garcia Lorca, and he staged flamenco like no one ever has, both in the theatre and in cinema.
Getting back to Lorca again, here is a little something that I found today, by means of shear Serendipity, (as I was researching the mighty Agustín Castellón Campos, known as "SABICAS" and the astounding Carlos Montoya, as I am getting ready to post on these two giants of the Flamenco guitar in due course, and will include some info on a few of the other great masters, such as the awesome "Rodrigo Zarabanda - Lejana" Andres Segovia, and of course our most recent King of La guitarra Flamenca "Paco de Lucia")....and I came across this viedo of a song written by Federico garcia Lorca, and sung by Estrella Morente, daughter of the legendary Enrique Morente, and thought that it was such a nice little tribute to put together, that I would add it to this thread for you all to see, and hopefully enjoy, not just the pictures of him, which are just basic really, but the song, which is delivered rather nicely by Estrellita.
Canción: "Los cuatro muleros de Federico García Lorca, versión cantada por Estrella Morente.
Incidentally, Enrique Morente (Estrella's Father) was the last man on earth to work with the great Maestro "Sabicas" just one year before his untimely death in 1990, they recorded together, and Sabicas was as determined as ever not to give up, as in retire, or give in to old age, he he got stuck in, they finished the work, and then he left us, and I will be posting something about him next month, as I'm on vacation right now, but in the meantime, have a listen to this work of art by the Maestro, in his younger days, look at the perfection of his playing, and when you're through listening to that, take a look at the mighty Montoya, in his 80's, !!Jesus!! can you believe that? this man is in his eighties, and yet look at how he handles that guitar, see the way he plays, even at his age, that piece he is playing, he is just so frelling amazing, I was almost choked when I first came across this video, just look at the way he holds the Guitar, even in his 80's......it's quit breathtaking to see how this man plays, Carlos Montoya invented the hammer-on, pull-off. He was the complete Flamenco package, it's almost Unreal that Montoya was still that smooth in his 80s? Just like his buddy Andres Segovia. There'll be more on him later too.
