Word: andalusians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...style that contains Byzantine, Arabic, Hebraic and Moorish influences, flamenco reaches so far back into the gypsy's dim and restless history that no one can tell whence it came. Entirely improvised, its techniques have been handed down through countless generations by the Andalusian gypsies of southern Spain. The themes are basic as life: love, loneliness, birth, death. The music is so rhythmically complex that it is too sophisticated for all but the best of modern guitarists. The lyrics evoke the same ingenuous moods as the music: "I love you so much that I would like to carry...
Family Reunion. Before flying to Spain for an Andalusian wedding trip, Baudouin addressed a short TV speech to his people. "This marriage," he said, "is not only a bond between us but between the royal family and all of you." By taking his Spanish queen, Baudouin appears to have accepted the position as head of state that he has often indicated was rightfully his father's. Many Belgians have never forgiven Leopold for surrendering to the Germans rather than going into exile during World War II; as a result Leopold felt compelled nine years ago to abdicate...
...marry Soledad, the daughter of the town moneylender. This pinch-souled Shylock, whose exactions drove Manuel's father to his death, not only blocks Man uel's marriage but informs him that part of his father's huge debt is still unpaid. In the best Andalusian tradition, Manuel leaves town to seek his fortune, vowing to return, pay the debt, marry Soledad - and throttle any man who has looked...
...himself hit the big time), and adores his girl "like tomato sauce" (salsa del pommodore in Azzam's pidgin Italian). But the words do not matter. They merely complement the international melody, which tinkles like goat bells near the White Nile and clicks like the heels of an Andalusian gypsy. Scored by Azzam for bongos, flute, tambourine, echo chamber and his own voice, Mustapha is adapted from an Egyptian student song, but owes much of its popularity to electricity. When he plays the song at nightclub engagements or recording sessions, onetime Electrician Azzam surrounds himself on the bandstand with...