La correspondencia de Sabicas

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Paul Magnussen

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La correspondencia de Sabicas

Has anyone read this book, published by El Flamenco Vive?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56947547-la-correspondencia-de-sabicas?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ecU1BTFsfH&rank=3

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Ciset Veliz Romero

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

Creo que le será muy útil a otros también.

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Richard Jernigan

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

I haven't read La Correspondencia de Sabicas, but I just ordered a copy from El Flamenco Vive.

Shipped by DHL Worldwide Express, it ought to arrive fairly soon, if it's not held up in U.S. Customs, or transferred to the U.S. Postal Service.

RNJ

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kitarist

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Richard Jernigan)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Richard Jernigan

I haven't read La Correspondencia de Sabicas, but I just ordered a copy from El Flamenco Vive.

Shipped by DHL Worldwide Express, it ought to arrive fairly soon, if it's not held up in U.S. Customs, or transferred to the U.S. Postal Service.

RNJ

Richard, I'd be curious for your impression once you get it (and Paul's too, of course, if he has the book). It says that it also comes with a CD. Seems a bit strange; what could be on it except the usual recordings - interviews?

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Richard Jernigan

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to kitarist)

Here's the description:

https://tinyurl.com/4xp5wrvw

Among other things the CD contains some stuff from old 78 rpm discs, a concerto for flamenco guitar and orchestra, and a part called, "Sabicas habla."

I'll let you know what I think after I've read and listened.

RNJ

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Paul Magnussen

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Richard Jernigan)

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a concerto for flamenco guitar and orchestra

The concerto is just four movements of Sabicas playing his normal material, with orchestrations by Federico Moreno Torroba dubbed in afterwards:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3HW8O761ZN29T/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00TPPYM2S

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ernandez R

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

I'm assuming this book is in Spanish?

Wonder if it would be posable to get an English translation via an e-edition?

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Richard Jernigan

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to ernandez R)

quote:

ORIGINAL: ernandez R

I'm assuming this book is in Spanish?

Wonder if it would be posable to get an English translation via an e-edition?

HR

If you download the Google Translate app to your cellphone, you can just point the camera to some text and the app will translate.

I don't mean accessing translate.google.com via your web browser, rather actually downloading the app and running it on your cellphone.

I've only done it once or twice after somebody tipped me off, but it worked okay then.

RNJ

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Ricardo

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

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The concerto is just four movements of Sabicas playing his normal material, with orchestrations by Federico Moreno Torroba dubbed in afterwards

Nice “siguiriyas” there…

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Richard Jernigan

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RE: La correspondencia de Sabicas (in reply to kitarist)

"La Correspondencia de Sabicas" arrived today, in record time for recent European acquisitions. The cost of shipping via DHL Express was nearly the same as the price of the book + CD.

¨Correspondencia¨ refers to Sabicas's strong influence on young guitarists in Spain, though he left the country in 1936 at the beginning of the Civil War and never returned until 1984, for fear of political repercussions. The author, Jose Manuel Gamboa says Sabicas's many recordings served as a correspondence course for guitarists in Spain. Gamboa himself studied guitar with Melchor de Marchena.

After a relatively brief introduction the book is organized as commentaries on 40-odd recordings by Sabicas. This serves to establish chronology. The commentaries include much more than just remarks and analyses of the music. They are filled with rigorously sourced historical information from the times the discs were recorded, including quotes from numerous flamenco notables. There are many photos of Sabicas and others.There are long quotes from famous flamenco guitarists and cantaores like Enrique Morente and Gerardo Nuñez.

Nuñez has the final paragraphs, saying the learned flamenco copying falsetas from Sabicas LPs.

Ricardo might consider it a "reader's" book. It is dense with information, but doesn't have much of a plot, though it amounts to a well researched artistic biography. I just skimmed it. I'm looking forward to a thorough reading.

I haven't listened to the CD yet. All of it is from 78 rpm "discos de pizarra" except the Moreno Torroba "concierto" and the 3:27 of Sabicas speaking. I hope the 78s are as well re-mastered as the fairly recent reissue of Ramon Montoya's 1936 Paris records, but..we'll see.

RNJ

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