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His theory began with the Andalusian music of cante jondo or "deep song" to the art forms of dance and bullfighting, but certainly his own poetry ripples with this irrational wind, so far from traditional metaphor and sweet artifice.
Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain Tamsin Smith 2011
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Now for those who have never fandangoed or read Garica Lorca, duende is that indefinable, spiritual essence that enters into one's being and comes out as impassioned dance, a flurry of fingers or a deep cante jondo.
Hadani Ditmars: Duende Comes to Vancouver Hadani Ditmars 2011
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His theory began with the Andalusian music of cante jondo or "deep song" to the art forms of dance and bullfighting, but certainly his own poetry ripples with this irrational wind, so far from traditional metaphor and sweet artifice.
Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain Tamsin Smith 2011
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Now for those who have never fandangoed or read Garica Lorca, duende is that indefinable, spiritual essence that enters into one's being and comes out as impassioned dance, a flurry of fingers or a deep cante jondo.
Hadani Ditmars: Duende Comes to Vancouver Hadani Ditmars 2011
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It played in New York, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on April 17; on Friday night, it came to the Harman Center for the Arts. Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) was profoundly curious about Spanish traditions, particularly flamenco and the form of deep Gypsy singing known as “Cante jondo” which gave it birth, and he certainly worked them into his music.
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Ironically this also marked the demise of the 'cante jondo' in favor of more festive fare.
Jay Weston: Flamenco Comes to Los Angeles Jay Weston 2010
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There is a melancholy here, a canto jondo, jondísimo, unlike anything else I have read recently. --from Never Neutral
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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They organized a controversial, yet well-received "cante jondo" contest.
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Working with composer Manuel de Falla, he helped elevate the status of the "cante jondo," or gypsy deep song.
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Working with composer Manuel de Falla, he helped elevate the status of the "cante jondo," or gypsy deep song.
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