Word: flamenco
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Died. Lady Eleanor Smith, 42, novelist (Red Wagon, Flamenco), daughter of the first Earl of Birkenhead; of septic colitis; in London. Prouder of her Romany blood than of her title, she specialized in gypsy and circus stories, wrote her autobiography at eight, did it again at 35 (Life's a Circus) with many a gypsy flourish...
...Andrés Segovia, who has, almost singlehanded, raised the guitar to the status of a concert instrument. A graduate of Spain's Granada Musical Institute, Segovia plays intricate Bach fugues and Handel gavottes with an agility and subtlety that has astounded critics. Segovia never deigns to play flamenco music...
...Spanish guitar also has an Andre Kostelanetz. He is Vicente Gomez, a slick-haired, 40-year-old Spaniard who combines the intricate technique of the classical guitar player with a serviceable flair for flamenco improvisation. Like most artists who play both ends against the middle, Gomez has been a great financial success. Drafted last year, he now makes $50 a month at Camp Shanks...
...Likes Beans. The Benny Goodman of the Spanish guitar is unquestionably Sabicas. Like most authentic popular musicians, 27-year-old Sabicas never had any formal training, never learned to read a note of music. Blind beggars on the streets of his native Pamplona, Spain, taught him flamenco...
...after his father. But a childhood passion for lima beans earned him the nickname Sabicas, which, in the dialect of Pamplona gypsies, means "the little one who likes beans." Famed for his unusual ability to play the guitar with one hand, Sabicas soon became the favorite accompanist of flamenco singers and dancers all over Spain. Nowadays, on evenings when he is not working, easy-going Sabicas-who looks like a Spanish Tom Dewey-is usually to be found in a 52nd Street Spanish restaurant named El Flamenco, strumming his guitar for love at the merest hint...