17 min

30. Mythical Theories: From Paterna to Peten Forgotten Sounds of Flamenco

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The history of flamenco has been built through various theories. Some of them we call "mythical theories," which are those that, although they were formulated with arguments of dubious rigor, everyone has ended up accepting them as accurate over time. In this episode, we describe what we mean by "mythical theories," and we describe a couple of examples that refer to the same stick: the petenera.


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The history of flamenco has been built through various theories. Some of them we call "mythical theories," which are those that, although they were formulated with arguments of dubious rigor, everyone has ended up accepting them as accurate over time. In this episode, we describe what we mean by "mythical theories," and we describe a couple of examples that refer to the same stick: the petenera.


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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/forgottensoundsflamenco/message

17 min