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In addition to a lecture by Juan Francisco Murcia Galián, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Conservatory of Music of Murcia, the Plaza San Antolín will host a concert by the singer and professor of flamenco singing Curro Piñana and his group
The neighborhood of San Antolín will host the flamenco show 'If you go to San Antolín ...' next October 24 and 25.
The councilor of Pedanías y Barrios, Marco Antonio Fernández, explained that "popular songs and songs have an unquestionable documentary value as they are a graphic testimony of the era that saw them born. In the 19th century, the director of Diario de Murcia y articulista José Martínez Tornel reflected in a biweekly section that was entitled "Cantares Murcia" a song that alluded to San Antolín ".
Now the Central-West Municipal Board has created this event whose protagonist is this couplet, thus creating a reference space so that the Murcian culture takes center stage in the protagonism neighborhood.
"The intention is to place San Antolín as a place of Murcia famous for flamenco singers, dancers and teachers. It will also be one of the first cultural events organized by the City of Murcia and held in a public space in the neighborhood," he said. Fernandez
Thus, on October 24, at 8:30 p.m., Juan Francisco Murcia Galián, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Conservatory of Music of Murcia will offer the conference 'If you go to San Antolin.
Murcia, the girl of the Combs and the Cante by Cartageneras'.
In addition, the singer and professor of flamenco singing Curro Piñana will interpret this song.
On Friday, October 25, at 8:30 p.m., in the Plaza de San Antolín, a flamenco concert will be held by Curro Piñana, Sakira Martínez and José Antonio Chacón
The couplet (If you go to San Antolin; and to the left you lean; you will see in his dressing room; the Divine Pastora) was later taken by the flamenco singer "La Niña de los Peines" (Seville, 1890-1969) and It was recorded and popularized in 1912 becoming part of the collection of Flemish letters.
It thus became one of the most emblematic songs of cante "for cartageneras", being Pastora Pavón, the "Niña de los Peines", the first artist to record it.
Given its popularity, still today, in 2017 doctors Juan Francisco Murcia and José Ortega inquired about the history of the San Antolín neighborhood and its temple, which housed a leading figure of this couplet, the Divine Pastora of Francisco Salzillo (and They wrote a research article that was published in the magazine 'Oral Music of the South' of the Junta de Andalucía that deals with the repertoire of mining-Levantine styles, variants with which this popular letter has been appearing since its origin. meticulous musical analysis of the cante by cartageneras, which is one of its most emblematic lyrics.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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