The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-05
ANDALUSIAN SONGS.

~ AbBASh i0o - NCS 'S@S-~
a Sevillan gentleman, who had been
making some rather tail statements,
asked him, Are you telling me the
TRUTH"
MADAM" he replied gravely, but
with q twinkle in his eye, Il am an
Andslusianl" At which the sur
rounding listeners bis fellow country
men, br.ke into an appreciAtive
laugh
50 proverbial is the want Of vera
city, or, to put it more &c Dially, the
imagination. Of these southerners
Their imagination will explain also
the vogue OF their briei sometimes
pathetic, yet never more than half
expressed. scrsps of rOngs, which are
sung With so much feeling through
oRt the kingdom TO crude baTbAric
lire, and loved alike by gentle and
simple. | mean toe Peteperss and
MslsgueDGs There are others OF
the came general kind, sung to 8
variety Of dances, but the ruling
tunes are slike-ususlly pitched IN
the minor key, and interpreted with
passionate thrills. long qusverF, IN
expected UPS and downs, which it re-
quires no little skill to render. l
have seen Gypsy singers grow apo.
plectic Vith the long breath and vol
ume of sound which they threw into
these eccentric melodies amid thumb
eTs OF applause It is not a high nor
q cultivated order of music, but there
turks in it something oonsonant with
the broad, stimulating shine of the
sun, the deep red earth; the thick,
strange favored wine of the PENN
suls; it consolidated nights. and clear
daylight cleaned with flying gold
from the winnowing field. The
quirks OF the melody are not go IN
like those of very old English bal
lads, and some native composer With
should be able to expand
their deep. bold, primitive nlulstions
into richer, lasting forms. The fan
tastio picking of the mandurra &C
compartment reminds me of Chinese
music with which have been fRmil-
lar. Endless preIudes and intermin-
able Windings up inclose the minute
kernel OF actual song; but to both
words and music is lent q repressed
touching power and suggestiveness
by rep eating, as is always done. the
opening bars and fret words at the
end. and then breaking off in mid
strain. For instance:
"All the day I am happy,
But at evening orison
Like q milestone grows my heart
All the day ana happy"
LiTitLeSs Guitar Solo,
It is like the never-ended strain Of
Echumann's "Warump The words
are always simple and few; often
bald. One of the most popular
pieces amounts simply to this:
Both Lagartijo and Frascuelo
SWordsmsn are Of quality,
Since when they the bulls are STAY
ing
Odsmsel OF my heartl-
They do it with serenity.
Both LAgGrtijo and Frascuelo
SwordBmen are Of quality"
But such evident ardor of fesling and
such wealth of voice are brssthed
into these fragments that they be-
corne sufficient. The people supply
from their imagination what is barely
limited in the lines. Under their inn
passive exteriors they preserve mem.
cries, associations. emotions, of burn
ing intensity, which throng to aid
their enjoyment, as soon as the NUT
fed etrings begin to vibrate and syll-
ables OF love or sorrow are chanted.
| recalled to q pretty Spanish girl one
line:
"PAisritO, tn que vuelas."
She flushed, fire came to her eyes,
and with claspsd hands she MUIR
INJURED. ''0h what q beautiful song il