FLAMENCO

FLAMENCO

Origin: It is a style of music and dance typical from Andalusia, Murcia and Extremaura.
It exist untel the XVII century.
Instruments that perform it: It is performed by castanets and the guitar.
Body percussion to acompany it: Palms and Jabbing.
Famous performers: Paco de Lucia, Camaron de la Isla and Diego el Cigala are some of the most importants flamencos of the history.

                                                 

 LAURA BOULTON 

PROFESSION: She was an American ornithologist and ethnomusicologist.

Boulton mission:¨To capture, absorb, and bring back the world‘s music; not the music of the concert hall or the opera house, but the music of the people ...¨

About her life: Boulton also collected traditional musical instruments around the world.

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