aire por bulerias

Costs are rising and times are tough.
Please consider a donation to keep this
place going.

Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.

This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.

We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.

aire por bulerias

You are logged in as Guest

Users viewing this topic: none

Printable Version

All Forums >>Discussions >>General >>

Page: [1]

Message

<< Newer Topic Older Topic >>

mezzo

Posts: 1409
Joined: Feb. 18 2010
From: .fr

aire por bulerias

This "buleria de la raza vieja" from Fernando de la Morena sounds with a special aire to my ears.
Is this a personnal creation from him? or is it from a particular style of buleria ?

_____________________________

"The most important part of Flamenco is not in knowing how to interpret it. The higher art is in knowing how to listen." (Luis Agujetas)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 9:33:13

por medio

Posts: 289
Joined: Nov. 15 2009

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to mezzo)

I can't answer your question but I loved the clip! The palmeros are classic. Love Moraito too, just so flamenco.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 10:44:54

xirdneH_imiJ

Posts: 1900
Joined: Dec. 2 2006
From: Budapest, now in Southampton

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to mezzo)

funny you should mention this one, we've just learned this with our band...it's a strange one as it's both minor and major, it was a bit unusual to me at first...i can't shed any light on historical background unfortunately...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 11:08:43

mezzo

Posts: 1409
Joined: Feb. 18 2010
From: .fr

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to xirdneH_imiJ)

quote:

we've just learned this with our band.

cool! sounds good

_____________________________

"The most important part of Flamenco is not in knowing how to interpret it. The higher art is in knowing how to listen." (Luis Agujetas)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 13:16:03

NormanKliman

Posts: 1143
Joined: Sep. 1 2007

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to mezzo)

It's called cuplé or copla, a kind of theater song that became popular in the first half of the 20th century (Conchita Piquer, Rocío Jurado, etc.) Cuplés have been sung por bulerías for a long time. It's a good way to connect with a Spanish audience because the songs are usually very well known and go over well with people who may not have had much contact with flamenco. Adds variety to a performance, too. You might be able to find a much older version of "Eugenia Montijo" on YouTube from Spanish cinema. He sings another cuplé at 1:46, when Moraíto mutes the strings.

Here are the lyrics from one of his albums, followed by the original version:

Eugenia de Montijo
tiene dos hijas
una se llama Eugenia
la otra Francisca

los majos de Granada
las solicitan
porque las dos son bellas
y granadinas

pero mi señora
María Manuela
que tiene el casamiento
tiene mucha escuela

los majos le dicen
con mucho tremor
mientras abre y cierra
su abanico malva
con tal de llamarla
Duquesa del Alba
linda emperadora
de una casa vieja

la flor y nata de los donceles
le cantan a María la Manuela

Original version of León y Ochaíta (lyrics) and Manuel Quiroga (music)

Doña María Manuela
tiene dos hijas,
una se llama Eugenia
y otra Francisca.
Los majos de Granada
las solicitan
porque las dos son guapas
y granadinas.

Pero mi señora María Manuela,
que en los casamientos tiene mucha escuela,
les dice a los majos con mucho primor,
mientras abre y cierra su abanico malva:
-Paca ha de llamarse duquesa de Alba,
y Eugenia, señora de un emperador.
Y en la cuesta de Gomérez,
que al río dormido baja,
flor y nata de donceles
a doña Manuela cantan:

(refrain)

Eugenia de Montijo,
que pena, pena,
que te vayas de España
para ser reina.
Por las lises de Francia
Granada dejas,
y las aguas del Darro
por las del Sena.
Eugenia de Montijo,
que pena,pena.

Se salió con la suya
María Manuela:
una reina es de Francia
y otra es duquesa.
Pero Paca se muere
bajo la niebla,
y Eugenia en el Versalles
se siente presa.

Y está mi señora María Manuela
hecha una pasita junto a la candela
en aquel palacio del viejo Madrid,
con su pobre vida rota en dos mitades:
París que la llena de fatalidades,
y Granada viva de luz del Genil.

Y a la cuesta de Gomérez,
que al río dormido baja,
torna sus miradas fieles
mientras su vida se apaga.

(refrain)

_____________________________

Be here now.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 18:23:11

mezzo

Posts: 1409
Joined: Feb. 18 2010
From: .fr

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to NormanKliman)

thanks Norman. You're a fount of knowledge.

That's interesting. Copla! Is something i wanted to ask for a long time.
I have read several times that the next Paco's album would be based on the Coplas.

He'll released a variety album?

Or maybe this variety will be included in the flamenco aera?...uyy!! i can already heard the groans of the purists

_____________________________

"The most important part of Flamenco is not in knowing how to interpret it. The higher art is in knowing how to listen." (Luis Agujetas)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2011 21:51:48

changue

Posts: 187
Joined: Aug. 31 2010
From: London

RE: aire por bulerias (in reply to mezzo)

Greetings Mezzo - If you want a recording of Fernando de la Morena performing I can highly recommend this set of CDs Al aire de Jerez. The full title, I think, is Al aire de Jerez, la herencia cantaora de tres familias - one CD of los Moneo, one of los Zambo and another of Los de la Morena where this is listed as Eugenia de Montijo.

It's a great set of CDs, Moraito and son on guitar there are some great bulerias on it that you won't hear outside of Jerez. Thanks for putting the clip up. I think it's great and I really appreciated the erudite comments from NormanKliman.

Changue

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 27 2011 18:03:26