There are so many nooks and crannies, so many profiles of the flamenco, that its study can be approached from many perspectives. I already confirmed this when I was, along with other professors, immersed in the doctorate in studies on flamenco of the Sevilla University. Then I was able to see how the work prior to the thesis and the thesis itself was being developed and, in general, was being successfully completed, from such varied perspectives as history, philology, journalism, podiatry, literature, music, etc. Such a human and multifaceted art corresponds to an analysis that is also multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary.
One of the issues about our flamenco Less studied is that of flamenco migration to other countries, either in the post-war period or in more recent periods (let us remember how many artists have gone or had to go to Japan, for example, until very recently). To fill this gap, two university professors, PhDs in Philology, have decided to study and publish on flamenco migration in Argentina in the work Anthology of the flamenco migrated to Argentina, whose explicit subtitle is Phonographic archives, documentary sources and literary texts. That is, music and literature, flamenco and a lot of historical context too. Francisco Javier Escobar Borrego, Professor of Literature at the University of Seville as well as a renowned composer and researcher of flamenco, and Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido, a CSIC researcher, both great enthusiasts, have sought with this book to treasure and offer us the soundtrack and literary heritage of exile flamenco in Latin America, especially in Argentina, but also with references to other countries such as Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela or Puerto Rico.
The authors comment, focusing on three core guidelines. On the one hand, the rich guitar culture of figures such as Stephen of Sanlucar, Jose Maria Posadas o Pepe Monreal, with other references such as Mario Escudero y Paco de LucíaOn the other hand, the aesthetic representation of evocations, likenesses and portraits from the cultural history of ideas and mentalities according to poets such as Manuel Benítez Carrasco, as well as the teaching of creativity in spaces of sociability, with literary-musical Andalusianism in the background.
Here we can listen Mario Escudero's touch with Luis Caballero, playing granaínas.
"Both of them, great fans, have sought with this book to treasure and offer us the soundtrack and literary heritage of exile flamenco in Latin America, especially in Argentina, but also with references to other countries such as Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela or Puerto Rico"
Remember how these flamencoMigrants are steeped in the South American folklore of the countries where they live. Also, interesting aspects such as the female guitarists, who also existed there, such as Matilde los Santos, Alicia Reina o Fernanda de CórdobaThe book is accompanied by a series of writings, photographs and scores that enliven the work, yes, but are also really essential to fully understand what is stated, because, as I said and they say, there is a lack of knowledge or a gap about these dealings, so the amateur and researcher of the flamenco You will find here many unpublished or little-known facts.
It is completed with guitar practice, recordings of artists such as Esteban de Sanlúcar with Nelson Oliveira, Pepe Monreal, Camilo Salinas and Miguel Monaco, Mario Escudero with Luis Caballero, Pepe Alonso and Gloria Romero and with Esther Mata. As stated, a necessary work, as is its publication in the collection of flamenco from the University of Seville, awarded and recognized, co-directed, by the way, by Escobar Borrego together with Rocio Plaza.
We say goodbye with This recording of the figure of Maestro Camilo Salinas, born in Buenos Aires in 1934 and died in 2019, guitarist flamenco Of Argentine origin, he is a great connoisseur of its history. On this occasion, accompanied by pianist Miguel Mónaco, they perform "Horizonte de Málaga," a composition by Esteban de Sanlúcar. It is a live recording of a performance in Venezuela in the 1980s.
→ Francisco Javier Escobar Borrego and Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido, Anthology of the flamenco migrated to Argentina, Seville, University of Seville Publishing House, 2024
