The Flamenco Effect

Authenticity, Community and Tradition during the Golden Age

by Ian Biddle

Primary sources in Spanish

On this page please find links to key texts bout flamenco written during the Golden Age hosted on this site, as downloadable pdfs. This list is not comprehensive but indicative. New resources will be loaded here regularly: greyed out titles are coming soon.

Antonio López Sancho’s El concurso de cante jondo

Estébanez Calderón, Serafín, “Un baile en Triana,” in Escenas andaluzas (Madrid: Baltasar González, 1847), 241–254.

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García Lorca, Federico, Poema del cante jondo (Madrid: Ediciones Ulises, 1931).

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Machado y Álvarez, Antonio (Demófilo), Cantos populares españoles, recogidos (Seville: Francisco Álvarez y Comp., 1882–1883).

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Noel, Eugenio, Señoritos, chulos, fenómenos, gitanos y flamencos (Madrid: Renacimiento, 1916).

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