Leonard Cohen: Lorca, Flamenco and The Wandering Jew

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Leonard Cohen: Lorca, Flamenco and The Wandering Jew

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I have added this new book by Alberto Manzano to the Bibliography at
www.leonardcohenfiles.com/book-ind.html
direct link www.leonardcohenfiles.com/manzanolorca.html

From Alberto:
Here's the cover of my new book, titled: "Leonard Cohen: Lorca and the Flamenco and the Wandering Jew"
356 pages (32 pages of photos b/w) hard cover
It's about the connections of Leonard's works with Lorca, Gypsies and Flamenco
It includes Leonard's speech at Premio Principe Asturias, Lorca's discourse on "duende" and extracts of interviews with Leonard about Morente, Duquende, Lorca, Flamenco, the guitar lessons with the Spaniard gypsy in Montreal, influences on Leonard's songs, Leonard's visit to Lorca's home in Granada back in 1986 ("Take this Waltz"), quotation from songs as "So long, Marianne", "Please, don't pass me by", "Famous blue raincoat", "Gypsy's Wife", etc.
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Re: Leonard Cohen: Lorca, Flamenco and The Wandering Jew

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jarkko wrote:It includes Leonard's speech at Premio Principe Asturias, Lorca's discourse on "duende" and extracts of interviews with Leonard about Morente, Duquende, Lorca, Flamenco, the guitar lessons with the Spaniard gypsy in Montreal, influences on Leonard's songs, Leonard's visit to Lorca's home in Granada back in 1986 ("Take this Waltz"), quotation from songs as "So long, Marianne", "Please, don't pass me by", "Famous blue raincoat", "Gypsy's Wife", etc.
I don't know if this has been posted on the forum before. If it has feel free to delete it.
It's a translation of Lorca's famous discourse on "duende" in Buenos Aires in 1933.
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITB ... Duende.htm
It's brilliant!
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Re: Leonard Cohen: Lorca, Flamenco and The Wandering Jew

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Thank you Jarkko!
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