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Lorca had a solution for this, which he liked to lecture about and call the duende, an energetic Andalusian daemon of black sounds that supplements (and stomps on) mere form and technique in art--especially in Spanish art. "The arrival of the Duende... gives a sense of refreshment unknown till then, together with that quality of the just-opening rose, of the miraculous, which comes and instills an almost religious transport." Blood Wedding, I would imagine, expects the daemon to emerge in the performance...
Naked in the Moonlight. In his retirement. Belmonte presided over his 3,500-acre ranch on the grassy Andalusian tableland 40 miles south of Seville. He spent good days tilting with bulls in his fields and holding private seminars in his own bullring, coaching aspirantes, reminiscing about the old days. In Seville, he hung out at sidewalk bars, where he liked to tell and retell the pleasures of his first attempts at bullfighting. "At night," he remembered, "we would swim the Guadalquivir and fight the bulls in the pastures in the moonlight. That was the beautiful time, fighting them naked...
...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...