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June 2009 
Seguiriya / Seguirilla
Posted on Jul 31st, 2008
by 
Alison Mackie
Alison Mackie
Lorca wrote: The Gypsy Seguiriya starts with a terrible shout -
a shout that divides the scenery in two equal hemispheres...
next the voice stops to let in an impressive silence.
The sequiriya burns the throat and the tongue of those
who sing it, and is used as a tonic to express fury.
Here in Tony Gatlif's classic film Latcho Drom,
La Caita performs a seguiriya - expressing powerful feelings...
a shout that divides the scenery in two equal hemispheres...
next the voice stops to let in an impressive silence.
The sequiriya burns the throat and the tongue of those
who sing it, and is used as a tonic to express fury.
Here in Tony Gatlif's classic film Latcho Drom,
La Caita performs a seguiriya - expressing powerful feelings...
Latcho Drom, La Ca?ta, "El p?jaro negro"
You Tube Notes: La Caíta, standing on a hillside overlooking new housing,
a place where she will probably never live.
She sings a heartbreaking song, The Blackbird,
that will resonate with the poor, the disenfranchised,
the persecuted, or anyone who has
been on the outside looking in. ¡Qué tristeza!
a place where she will probably never live.
She sings a heartbreaking song, The Blackbird,
that will resonate with the poor, the disenfranchised,
the persecuted, or anyone who has
been on the outside looking in. ¡Qué tristeza!
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