Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

Biblioteca de la Guitarra y Cuerda Pulsada

Autor: Elisenda Fabregas

An Investigation of The Traditional Cante Jondo as inspiration for the song cycle Five Poems of Gracias Lorca

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This study explores the history and the poetic and musical forms Andalusian cante jondo as the inspiration for the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca set by Elisenda Fabregas in the song cycle, Five Poems of Garcia Lorca (1992). Lorca felt the validity of “deep song” and he was disturbed that it was being corrupted by commercialism and was afraid it would be lost to posterity.
His goal was to preserve the essence of the song and lift it to an artistic plain. He saw folk music as the core of the national musical and literary identity in Germany, France and Russia and worked to establish Spain as an artistic equal. Lorca’s writings were not imitations of the traditional
cante jondo. They echoed the history, the landscape and the tears, but they did so through symbolism and vivid imagery. The poet communicated on several levels, one as a voice of Andalusia, Spain and ultimately mankind and another with his own private message. His life was short, but his legacy is long. Fabregas, like Lorca, has taken a folk medium and expanded it beyond its original boundaries. Being of Spanish heritage, but not Andalusian, she is less committed to the local musical constraints. She felt the humanity in Lorca’s poetic cries and expressed them through her own language. As a result her songs are intensely dramatic and are exciting pieces to perform.
 

An Investigation of The Traditional Cante Jondo as inspiration for the song cycle Five Poems of Gracias Lorca
 


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