Music of Andalusia, the Glossary

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1. 74 relations: Adufe, Alboka, Andalusia, Andalusians, Antonio Mairena, Autonomous communities of Spain, Balaban (instrument), Bass drum, Blues, Bore (wind instruments), Camarón de la Isla, Cante flamenco, Cante jondo, Córdoba, Spain, Cinquecento, Classical music, Copla (music), Daf, Duende (art), Dulzaina, Fandango, Federico García Lorca, Fistula, Flamenco, Flute, Galician gaita, Granada, Guitar, Hispavox, Jazz, Jerez de la Frontera, Juan Andrés, Ketama, Maghreb rebab, Malagueñas (flamenco style), Manolo Caracol, Manolo Sanlúcar, Málaga, Moors, Music of Spain, Musical instrument, Muslims, Nafir, Naqareh, New flamenco, Organ pipe, Paco de Lucía, Pop music, Portmanteau (luggage), Rackett, ... Expand index (24 more) »

2. Music of Spain by autonomous community

Adufe

The adufe is a traditional square tambourine of Moorish origin, which is used in Portugal and Galicia, and other regions of Spain.

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Alboka

The Basque alboka (albogue) is a single-reed woodwind instrument consisting of a single reed, two small diameter melody pipes with finger holes and a bell traditionally made from animal horn.

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Andalusia

Andalusia (Andalucía) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain.

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Andalusians

The Andalusians (andaluces) are the people of Andalusia, an autonomous community in southern Spain.

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Antonio Mairena

Antonio Cruz García, known as Antonio Mairena (1909–1983), was a Spanish musician, who tried to rescue a type of flamenco, which he considered to be pure or authentic.

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Autonomous communities of Spain

In Spain, an autonomous community (comunidad autónoma) is the first sub-national level of political and administrative division, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy of the nationalities and regions that make up Spain.

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Balaban (instrument)

Balaban or balaman (Balaban – بالابان; بالابان) is cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument about long with eight finger holes and one thumb hole.

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Bass drum

The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Bore (wind instruments)

In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and brass) is its interior chamber.

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Camarón de la Isla

José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer.

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Cante flamenco

The cante flamenco, meaning "flamenco singing", is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with toque (playing the guitar) and baile (dance).

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Cante jondo

Cante jondo is a vocal style in flamenco, an unspoiled form of Andalusian folk music.

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Córdoba, Spain

Córdoba, or sometimes Cordova, is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.

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Cinquecento

The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1500 to 1599 are collectively referred to as the Cinquecento, from the Italian for the number 500, in turn from millecinquecento, which is Italian for the year 1500.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.

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Copla (music)

The copla, copla andaluza ("Andalusian copla"), canción andaluza, canción española, tonadilla or canción folklórica is a form of Spanish popular song, deriving from the poetic form of the same name.

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Daf

Daf (دف), also known as dâyere and riq, is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia.

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Duende (art)

Duende or tener duende ("to have duende") is a Spanish term for a heightened state of emotion, expression and authenticity, often connected with flamenco.

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Dulzaina

The dulzaina or dolçaina (/) is a Spanish double reed instrument in the oboe family.

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Fandango

Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping.

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Federico García Lorca

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca, was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director.

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Fistula

In anatomy, a fistula (fistulas or fistulae; from Latin fistula, "tube, pipe") is an abnormal connection (i.e. tube) joining two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs to each other, often resulting in an abnormal flow of fluid from one space to the other.

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Flamenco

Flamenco is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.

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Flute

The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Galician gaita

The Galician gaita (Gaita galega, Gaita galega, Gaita gallega) is the traditional instrument of Galicia and northern Portugal.

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Granada

Granada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Hispavox

Hispavox S.A. was a major Spanish record company founded on June 27, 1953, that ran independently until 1985 when it was acquired by EMI.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Jerez de la Frontera

Jerez de la Frontera or simply Jerez, also cited in old English-language sources as Xeres, is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

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Juan Andrés

Juan Andrés y Morell (15 February 1740 in Planes, Alicante12 January 1817 in Rome) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, Christian humanist and literary critic of the Age of Enlightenment.

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Ketama

Ketama is a Spanish musical group in the new flamenco tradition.

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Maghreb rebab

The Maghreb rebab or Maghrebi rebab is a bowed lute now played mainly in Northern Africa.

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Malagueñas (flamenco style)

Malagueñas is one of the traditional styles of Andalusian music (flamenco), derived from earlier types of fandango from the area of Málaga, classified among the Cantes de Levante.

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Manolo Caracol

Manuel Ortega Juárez (9 July 1909 – 24 February 1973) was a Spanish flamenco cantaor (singer).

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Manolo Sanlúcar

Manolo Sanlúcar (born Manuel Muñoz Alcón, 24 November 1943 – 27 August 2022) was a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist.

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Málaga

Málaga is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Moors

The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.

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Music of Spain

In Spain, music has a long history.

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Musical instrument

A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical sounds.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Nafir

Nafir (Arabic نَفير, DMG an-nafīr), also nfīr, plural anfār, Turkish nefir, is a slender shrill-sounding straight natural trumpet with a cylindrical tube and a conical metal bell, producing one or two notes.

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Naqareh

The naqareh, naqqāra, nagara or nagada is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs.

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New flamenco

New flamenco (or nuevo flamenco) or flamenco fusion is a musical genre that was born in Spain, starting in the 1980s.

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Organ pipe

An organ pipe is a sound-producing element of the pipe organ that resonates at a specific pitch when pressurized air (commonly referred to as wind) is driven through it.

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Paco de Lucía

Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Portmanteau (luggage)

A portmanteau is a piece of luggage, usually made of leather and opening into two equal parts.

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Rackett

The rackett, raggett, cervelas, or sausage bassoon is a Renaissance-era double reed wind instrument, introduced late in the sixteenth century and already superseded by bassoons at the end of the seventeenth century.

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Ramón Menéndez Pidal

Ramón Menéndez Pidal (13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was a Spanish philologist and historian.

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Ramón Montoya

Ramón Montoya (November 2, 1879, Madrid, Spain – July 20, 1949, Madrid, Spain) was a Flamenco guitarist and composer.

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Rebec

The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced or) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Medieval era and the early Renaissance.

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Reconquista

The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate.

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Record label

"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.

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Reed (mouthpiece)

A reed (or lamella) is a thin strip of material that vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument.

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Rhaita

The rhaita or ghaita (غيطة) is a double reed instrument from West North Africa, specifically Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania.

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Rumba flamenca

Rumba flamenca, also known as flamenco rumba or simply rumba, is a palo (style) of flamenco music developed in Andalusia, Spain.

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Saeta (flamenco)

The saeta is a revered form of Andalusian religious song, whose form and style have evolved over many centuries.

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Salsa music

Salsa music is a style of Caribbean music, combining elements of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and American influences.

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Sevillanas

Sevillanas are a type of folk music and dance of Sevilla and its region.

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Shawm

The shawm is a conical bore, double-reed woodwind instrument made in Europe from the 12th century to the present day.

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Siguiriyas

Siguiriyas (also seguiriyas, siguerillas, siguirillas, seguidilla gitana, etc.) are a form of flamenco music in the cante jondo category.

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Soleá

Soleares (plural of soleá) is one of the most basic forms or palos of Flamenco music, probably originating among the Calé Romani people of Cádiz or Seville in Andalusia, the most southern region of Spain.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Tango

Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.

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Tango (flamenco)

In flamenco a tango is one of the flamenco palos closely related in form and feeling to the rumba flamenca.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.

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Theorbo

The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck that houses the second pegbox.

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Tuna (music)

In Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries, a tuna is a group of university students in traditional university dress who play traditional instruments and sing serenades.

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Violin

The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family.

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William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine

William VIII (– 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (Gui-Geoffroi), was duke of Gascony (1052–1086), and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-Guillaume).

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Wind instrument

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator.

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Zurna

The zurna (Armenian: զուռնա zuṙna; Old Armenian: սուռնայ suṙnay; Albanian: surle/surla; Romanian: surlă; Persian: karna/Kornay/surnay; Macedonian: зурла/сурла zurla/surla; Bulgarian: зурна/зурла; Hungarian: zurna/töröksip; Serbian: зурла/zurla; Assyrian: ܙܘܪܢܐ/zurna; Tat: zurna; Turkish: zurna; Kurdish: zirne; Greek: ζουρνας; Azerbaijani: zurna; Sinhalese: හොරණෑව) is a double reed wind instrument played in the Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa.

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See also

• Basque music
• Bertsolaritza
• Muiñeira
• Music of Andalusia
• Music of Aragon
• Music of Asturias
• Music of Cantabria
• Music of Castile and León
• Music of Catalonia
• Music of Extremadura
• Music of Galicia
• Music of Murcia
• Music of the Balearic Islands
• Music of the Canary Islands
• Music of the Valencian Community
• Traditional music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Andalusia

Also known as Andalusian music, Historical influences on Andalusian music, Music in Andalusia, The Music of Andalusia.

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