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| Any Spaniards in here?; What's a malaguena? Where's Andalucia? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 24 2005, 06:53 PM (157 Views) | |
| pianojerome | Jun 24 2005, 06:53 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm playing Lecuona's "Malaguena" (from the Spanish Suite "Andalucia"). I looked up both of these words in a dictionary and discovered that a malaguena is a dance, native to the Spanish town Malagua, and is similar to a flamenco. Andalusia is a city in the Spanish South. But I've never been to Andalusia and I've never seen or heard a malaguena or a flamenco before. What kind of dances are these? What sort of moods are being evoked? What are Andalusia and Malagua like? The people? The landscape? The culture? ... |
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| bachophile | Jun 24 2005, 09:06 PM Post #2 |
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sammer, been to andalusia. its the southern part of spain, near gibraltar. its today known for costa del sol, a popular beach resort, esp with british. resorts like marbella cater to rich. but its really known as the center of arab muslim spain. at the time it was a bastion of liberal arts and sciences at a time when the christian north was barbarian. Andalusia gave religious freedom to the Jews, who had been decimated in Europe by Christian persecution before the Islamic conquest. how times have changed. that was probably the peak of islamic culture and its been in perpetual decline until the mess we have today. andalusia was always very jewish, (until the expulsion of 1492, thanks alot isabella) from the rambam in cordoba to ibn gabirol in malaga and shmuel hanagid in grenada. The 10th century Arab historian, Ahmad Ar Razi, wrote that the city was called Gharnatat al Yabud, Granada of the Jews. the days r hot, the nights are warm and the sangria is cool and beaches are lovely and ladies beautiful. home of flaminco dancing. gibraltar is strange. an penisula of british imperial colonialism in a multitude of spaniards. and the tension is still there. when u exit gibraltar (where the pound sterling is currency, not the euro) there is a huge sign put by the spanish government protesting continued british presence in gibraltar. and the brits refuse to leave. funny world. |
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| pianojerome | Jun 25 2005, 08:27 AM Post #3 |
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Thanks, Bachophile. My first thought when I began to play this piece was, in fact, "Arab." It's sounds both Spanish and Middle Eastern. |
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