This is an image from the non-fiction volume, ‘Nights and Days On the Gypsy Trail’ published in 1922. Written by an American of Gypsy descent, Irving Brown, I finally obtained a copy of this book that I had heard about, but never actually seen available. To be fair, I was looking for a 1st. Edition …
I thought I would do a quick post on the basics of Flamenco Percussion, as percussion in The Stranger from Seville (adapted from the novel, The Mapmaker’s Opera, by Béa Gonzalez) is an integral element to the sound world we create in the Musical. Contextually, we make use of the flamenco sound world especially in …
I am learning, and writing, about great Trova Yucateca musicians in this next series of posts whilst we are in preparation to record the 10th audio demo for The Mapmaker’s Opera, adapted from the novel by Béa Gonzalez. I’ve gone back to the rich vein of Mexican music that comes from the Yucatán peninsula, as …
OK, the long awaited sequel to my post on 19th-Century Opera in México! It would come as no surprise to anyone who has been following this journey of writing The Stranger from Seville musical, as an adaptation of Béa Gonzalez’s novel, The Mapmaker’s Opera, that opera in México went through some pretty drastic changes in …
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This video, a production of Somos Raza youth magazine from 20 November 2012, was produced to ostensibly mark the occasion of the centenary of the start of the Mexican Revolution. Camera and audiovisual production by Laura Moreno, Harry Simón Salazar, and Leyla Torres. Post-production and editing by Harry Simón Salazar. Original music by Laura Moreno.
I have been fortunate to obtain this CD; the information for which was provided to me by Brígido Galván in recent email correspondence. In short, I love this CD! It has provided all sorts of new inspiration for some of the songs yet to be written for certain characters in the Musical of The Stranger …
