El Planeta

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El Planeta . Etching by Francisco Lameyer

El Planeta (* probably 1789 in Cádiz , † probably 1856 in Malaga ), real name probably Antonio Monge Rivero , was a Spanish flamenco singer. He is seen as the protagonist of an epoch in flamenco, as the primer patriarca del flamenco .

Life

Álvarez Caballero wrote in 2004 that hardly anything is known about the life of El Planeta. He named Cádiz or Triana as possible birthplaces . One does not know his real name either.

Manuel Bohórquez later carried out genealogical research, which he published in 2011. He started from the well-known hypothesis that El Planeta was Manolo Caracol's great-great-grandfather . This research, combined with a late 18th century source, led him to believe that El Planeta was Antonio Monge Rivero, born in Cádiz in 1789. He married the also very young María Bara Gallardo at a very young age. At least seven children emerged from the marriage, these seven were born between 1810 and 1834.

Presumably he appeared in Triana around 1820. A number of sources on Triana's musical life indicate that he was at the height of his artistic creativity there. Serafín Estébanez Calderón described him in 1847 in his Escenas Andaluzas as a confident, stylish man. Estébanez Calderón described his graceful face, his pleasant appearance and his elaborate, tasteful clothing in detail. He respectfully dubbed him Señor Planeta and Conde y Príncipe de la cofradía . Estébanez Calderón's text is the only source that indicates that El Planeta accompanied his singing himself on guitar.

Bohórquez thinks it is possible that El Planeta never lived in Triana, but rather traveled from Cádiz and later from Málaga when his art of singing was in demand. Around 1836 El Planeta moved to Málaga to live with his youngest son Tomás; he probably lived there on Calle San Juan . He lived there for the rest of his life and passed away at a very old age for the time.

El Planeta was El Fillo's older friend and mentor , who a generation later shaped the first heyday of flamenco.

Artistic work

El Planeta sang all common song genres in his time and in his region. Many of the songs that have come down to us through his student El Fillo are probably his. Estébanez Calderón called him Rey de los dos polos . He was also an excellent singer for Cañas , Serranas and Seguiriyas . The oldest traditional Seguiriya, A la luna le pío , comes from El Planeta.

According to Navarro Rodríguez, El Planeta was also the creator of the Martinetes in his later years ; the name refers to the large industrial complex of Málaga called El Martinete .

References and comments

  1. ↑ Miguel Ortiz: El Planeta. In: http://www.flamencoviejo.com/ . February 22, 2012, accessed November 27, 2015 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . Alianza Editorial, Madrid 2004, ISBN 978-84-206-4325-0 , p. 47 .
  3. ↑ a b Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 49 .
  4. ↑ a b Manuel Bohórquez: En busca de El Planeta perdido. (No longer available online.) In: El Correo de Andalucía. February 20, 2011, archived from the original on October 19, 2017 ; Retrieved November 29, 2015 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.elcorreoweb.es
  5. ↑ Count and Prince of the Brotherhood
  6. ↑ according to Álvarez Caballero between 1833 and 1835
  7. ↑ King of the Two Polos
  8. ↑ for the text and a translation see Seguiriya # verses
  9. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 49-50 .
  10. ↑ Ángel Álvarez Caballero: El cante flamenco . S. 50 .
personal data
SURNAME Planeta, El
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monge Rivero, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish flamenco singer
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Cadiz
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 1856
Place of death Málaga