Word: jota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pamplona to witness the unveiling of a monument to Papa, erected by the citizens in gratitude for his interest in their fiesta. Standing on the newly named Paseo de Hemingway, Mary thanked the citizens through her tears. There was an emotional pause, then six bands burst into a typical jota and the crowd began dancing spontaneously. "You are home," said the mayor to Miss Mary...
...before the double microphones, tiny (5 ft. 4 in.) Violinist Ricci grasped his Guarnerius del Gesù fiddle in his short, square hands and produced a tone that was remarkable both for its control and its shading. He was at his best in the Sarasate Habañera and Jota Navarra-music that calls for the sort of flash and fire that have distinguished Ricci throughout his career. His admirers are drawn by the electric tension that sets him apart from two other famous San Francisco-trained prodigies-Isaac Stern and Yehudi Menuhin, who are closer to the rhapsodic Russians...