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mark indigo -> BERNARDA DE UTRERA (Nov. 3 2009 3:51:51)
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saw this the other day, and haven't seen it on here, sad news;
Bernarda Jiménez Peña, “Bernarda de Utrera” died suddenly in Utrera Wednesday October 28th at five in the afternoon, and once again this important flamenco town must mourn the loss of one of the great representatives of its history.
Just three years ago the world of flamenco had to assimilate the death of her sister Fernanda, and ever since then the younger sister had been suffering declining health. Inseparable in life, their bronze images have for several years stood in the plaza in front of the central market.
From the legendary family of Pinini, Bernarda was the last great star, and with her disappearance a glorious chapter comes to a close of a type of flamenco singing that no longer exists. If Fernanda was the queen of soleares, Bernarda’s fame was always linked to bulerías, a form she not only commanded perfectly, but which she imbued with mystery and personality.
(from deflamenco.com)
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