{"product_id":"poem-of-the-deep-song-paperback","title":"Poem of the Deep Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFederico García Lorca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarlos Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magic of Andalusia is crystallized in Federico Garcia Lorca's first major work, \u003cem\u003ePoem of the Deep Song\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1921 when the poet was twenty-three years old, and published a decade later. In this group of poems, based on \u003cem\u003esaetas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003esoleares\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003esiguiriyas\u003c\/em\u003e, Lorca captures the passionate flamenco cosmos of Andalusia's Gypsies, \"those mysterious wandering folk who gave deep song its definitive form.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCante jondo\u003c\/em\u003e, deep song, comes from a musical tradition that developed among peoples who fled into the mountains in the 15th century to escape the Spanish Inquisition. With roots in Arabic instruments, Sephardic ritual, Byzantine liturgy, native folk songs and, above all, the rhythms of Gypsy life, deep song is characterized by intense and profound emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearing that the priceless heritage of deep song might vanish from Spain, Lorca, along with Manuel de Falla and other young artists, hoped to preserve \"the artistic treasure of an entire race.\" In \u003cem\u003ePoem of the Deep Song\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet's own lyric genius gives \u003cem\u003ecante jondo\u003c\/em\u003e a special kind of immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFederico García Lorca (1898-1936) was a poet, playwright and theater director. He was well-known as a member of the Generation of '27 who introduced symbolism, futurism and surrealism to Spanish literature. City Lights Publishers also published another book of poetry by Federico García Lorca titled \u003cem\u003eOde to Walt Whitman\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlos Baur is the translator of García Lorca's \u003cem\u003eThe Public and Play Without a Title: Two Posthumous Plays\u003c\/em\u003e, and of \u003cem\u003eCries from a Wounded Madrid: Poetry of the Spanish Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also translated the work of Henry Miller and other contemporary American writers into Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 7.97 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722273394751,"sku":"9780872862050","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a153651c25bd3b8a57e123f27f1810fa.webp?v=1765095195","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/poem-of-the-deep-song-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}