Will Kirkland
Auteur de Gypsy Cante: Deep Song of the Caves
Œuvres de Will Kirkland
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- Œuvres
- 2
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- 26
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- #495,361
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- 4.0
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This thin volume is just what I've been looking for. It is a collection of flamenco verses presented in both Spanish and English translation. The book focuses on cante jondo, the deeper and more emotional style of flamenco. Most of the verses are soleas and siguiriyas.
The author, Kirkland, is a poet experienced in translating Spanish verse. So the English versions are quite readable---not the stilted awkward prose you sometimes get when verse is translated too literally. Quotations from flamenco aficionados are intermingled among the verses, and the book includes a short history of Flamenco and a brief description of the verse styles.… (plus d'informations)