Who wrote: Compañera de mi alma, Diós te había dao sabiduría. Que una palabrita tuya vale por doscientas mías.

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Also, does anybody know when and how flamenco originated? I know it was in Andalucia, but I would like to know a bit more. Thanks

Answer 1

dont know who said that but you can find lots of info on flamenco here

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/flamenco.html

Answer 2

I think that the quotation sounds like Federico Garcia Lorca, but have been unable to trace it, so may well be wrong.

Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art form and to be more precise, a genuine Southern Spanish art form. It exists in three forms: Cante, the song, Baile, the dance, and Guitarra, guitar playing.
It is said to have originated with gypsies and at least it can be taken for certain that they played an important part in its creation. But also the popular songs and dances of Andalucia have influenced early Flamenco considerably.
Certainly there were other influences, too, which is not surprising in a country that has been dominated by most diverse cultures and civilizations during its different historical epochs. There were the legendary Tartessos, and seven centuries of Muslim occupation hardly could have passed without leaving traces. All that, directly or indirectly, influenced Flamenco.

The first time Flamenco is mentioned in literature is in the "Cartas Marruecas" of Cadalso, in 1774. early days were most probably between 1765 and 1860, when the first Flamenco-schools were created: Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera and Triana (Seville).
It was then that flamenco dance started to have its firm position in the ballrooms. Early flamenco seems to have been purely vocal, accompanied only by rhythmical clapping of hands, toque de palmas. It was left to dedicated composers, as Julián Arcas, to introduce guitar playing.

During its Golden Age (1869-1910) flamenco was developed in the epoch's numerous music cafés (cafés cantantes) to its definitive form. Also the more serious forms expressing deep feelings (cante jondo) dates from then.

Flamenco dance achieved its apogee, being the major attraction for the public of those cafés cantantes. Guitar players featuring the dancers increasingly gained a reputation.

The period 1910 to 1955 Flamenco singing was marked by the ópera flamenca, with an easier kind of music such as fandangos and cantes de ida y vuelta. The latter clearly showed South American influences.
From 1915 on Flamenco shows were organized and performed all over the world. However, not everybody appreciated that development and intellectuals such as Falla organized 1922 in Granada a contest to promote "authentical" cante jondo.

1955 marked the start of a sort of Flamenco Renaissance, the great performer Antonio Mairena being its key figure. Outstanding dancers and soloists soon made their way out of the small tablaos, successors to the early cafés cantantes, to the great theaters and concert houses. It was now that guitar players acquired a great protagonism, and their playing arrived to masterity.

Present day Flamenco frequently shows influences of other kinds of music, as Jazz, Salsa, Bossa Nova, etc.
Flamenco dance has, moreover, changed, withy female dancers in particular trying to rather showcase their temperament as opposed to their artistry. The Flamenco guitar which was originally just an accompaniment to the dancing became a solo art form, great virtuoso Paco de Lucia being the pioneer of that development.

Answer 3

Why don't you go there for the rest of my life and find out?

Answer 4

Might have been Quijote...

Answer 5

Some Mexican...