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Pastimes: Music and Dance
Play the lively music of flamenco and tango for your emerging Spanish speakers, and introduce them to popular dances from Spanish-speaking countries around the world. Discuss various types of music and dance, showing either pictures or...
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Flamenco And Its Origins
Pupils discuss the role Islamic culture had on the development of Flamenco music in this General Music lesson for the middle-level classroom. Resource links are provided. The lesson emphasizes the creation of group posters.
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Europe: Indigenous Musical Genius
Students are introduced to several forms of indigenous European music. Students become familiar with instruments, musical and forms and styles from Spain, Sardinia, Austria and Switzerland. Students recreate selected rhythms and styles.
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Flamenco First Contact: Cante: The Voice of Emotion
An introduction to the voice of Flamenco containing a brief history and many wonderful audio recordings to enjoy.
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Flamenco world.com: Flemenco, 200 Years Young
An introduction of the world of Flamenco from its origins in the 15th century. A good summary of the history of this art form.
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Flamenco world.com: Life and Legend of Carmen Amaya
This site from Flamenco World.com provides an excerpt from Paco Sevilla's book "Carman Amaya, Queen of the Gypsies," introduces Sabicas who discovered Carman Amaya.
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Flamenco world.com: Flamenco Dance
This site from Flamenco World.com provides a history of the Flamenco dance containing biographical information of many of Flamenco's greatest performers.
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Flemenco World: The First Solo Recordings, Paco and Jazz
This site provides an excerpt from Paco Sevilla's book "Paco de Lucia: A New Tradition for the Flamenco Guitar" which tell of Paco de Lucia's first solo recordings.
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Flamenco World: Mundo Flamenco
A pioneer bilingual flamenco site that offers services and daily information on flamenco, music, and culture. Some of the features are: introduction to flamenco, festivals, guitar, dance, as well as online store, artist's encyclopedia,...
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Flamenco From Andalusia
This site provides a brief introduction to the flamenco, a dance from southern Spain. Includes terms and history of the dance.
Central Home
Central Home: centralhome.com: History of Dance
Visit this site for information on a variety of dance forms. It gives background information on the origination of the dances and how to perform the dances.
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All About Spain: What Is Flamenco?
A brief history of Flamenco music broken down and easy to read. This site is available in other languages by going to the home page and selecting your language choice of Spanish or German.
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Learn About the Musical Style of La Solea
Solea, a musical style that is a fundamental element of flamenco, is discussed at this site. Included are styles stemming from solea, singers and example charts of solea rhythms.
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Guitar Nine Records: Paco De Lucia
Biography of Paco de Lucia, the famous Spanish guitar player. Includes information about his most recent album.
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El Mundo Flamenco: "La Leyenda Del Tiempo"
A commentary on Camaron's album "La Leyenda del tiempo" chronicles 20 aspects of the recording that has reshaped modern Flamenco music.