El Fillo

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El Fillo (* around 1820, probably in Puerto Real , † around 1878 in Seville ), real name very likely Francisco Ortega Vargas , was a Spanish flamenco singer. He shaped the style of the further development of flamenco and was a role model for later generations of singers.

Life

El Fillo comes from a Gitano family. Two of his brothers were also flamenco singers. Very little is known about either. One, Curro Paula, was possibly a style-defining singer from Cañas . The other, Juan Encueros, likely died in a knife fight. In a Seguiriya , El Fillo accused his murderer:

Mataste a mi hermano
no t'he perdoná
tú l'has matao liao en su capa
sin jaserte ná.


I stabbed my brother, I did not forgive
you, stabbed him, wrapped in his cloak
he did nothing to you.

El Fillo was a student of El Planeta . At a young age he moved to Triana . There he matured to become a singing artist. He constantly traveled to the villages, markets, and inns in the vicinity of Seville in order to earn a few real things or a reward with his singing at weddings, christenings and other celebrations . He was probably not a professional artist in today's sense. In his day, the singers and dancers were just beginning to generate significant income from their art.

El Fillo's lover was La Andonda , an excellent singer. She is the first to be known to sing Soleares .

Artistic work

Like his role model El Planeta, El Fillo was known as the singer of Seguiriyas. According to tradition, he sang a series of Seguiriyas for the famous torero Paquiro; he was enthusiastic and gave him a gold coin. Una moneda cabal - an honest coin, for honest singing, they both agreed. This is how, according to this anecdote, the name Cabales came about for this type of Seguiriyas: serious, archaic songs in a bound style, closely related to the Tonás and closely related to their place of origin Triana. Authors like Pedro Camacho prefer a more profane explanation: Cabales was originally the collective name for the three chants with which a chanting round usually ended: a Liviana , a Serrana and a Seguiriya. Later, the term narrowed to the final Seguiriya. Nowadays, a cabal is sung after a series of seguiriyas, in order to finish off the painful mood of the seguiriyas with a livelier rhythm.

In addition, El Fillo was a generalist, an interpreter of all flamenco styles that were common at the time. His rough, powerful way of singing, the voz afillá , has become a model for performers up to our time.

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c d Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . Alianza Editorial, Madrid 2004, ISBN 978-84-206-4325-0 , p. 60 .
  2. ^ Ana Isabel Hernández González: Ortega Vargas, Francisco, o «el Fillo» (approx. 1820-approx. 1878). In: http://www.mcnbiografias.com . Retrieved November 26, 2015 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ El Fillo. In: El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco. Retrieved November 26, 2015 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 63 .
  5. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 64 .
  6. ↑ probably jaserte = hacerte ; translated accordingly
  7. ↑ a b Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 61 .
  8. ↑ a b Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 62 .
  9. ↑ for an audio example cf. Mariana Cornejo por Seguiriya y Cabal. (Video) In: YouTube . September 4, 2008, Retrieved November 26, 2015 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Bernard Leblon: Flamenco . Palmyra, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-930378-36-1 , p. 85–86 (With a foreword by Paco de Lucía ).

Web links

  • El Fillo. In: Horizonte Flamenco. Retrieved November 27, 2015 (Spanish, biography).
personal data
SURNAME El Fillo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ortega Vargas, Francisco (real name, unsure)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish flamenco singer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Puerto Real
DATE OF DEATH around 1878
Place of death Seville