Manuel Agujetas

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Manuel de los Santos Pastor also known as, Agujetas or Agujetas de Jerez (* 17th May 1939 in Rota , Spain ; † 25. December 2015 in Jerez de la Frontera ), was a Flamenco - singer . He took his nickname from his father, which is now referred to as Agujetas Viejo . Both followed the school of Manuel Torre in the tradition of Jerez de la Frontera. He is the father of the singer Dolores Agujetas and the singer Antonio Agujetas . He worked in his father's forge until he went to Madrid to work as a teenager .

Manuel Agujetas was involved in the recordings of Magna Antología del Cante , which were compiled by Blas Vega . He sang a martinete in Carlos Saura's 1995 film Flamenco and in Dominique Abel's documentary Agujetas.Cantaor . Flamenco expert Christof Jung , who was friends with Agujetas, wrote an impressive snapshot of his singing skills in 1985 :

"All of a sudden he starts to sing" por Martinetes ", one martinete after the other. His neck veins swell in the difficult parts. He climbs more and more into an ecstatic state, "sings himself down deeply" (muy jondo) - his reserves of strength seem inexhaustible [...] His song laments the misfortune of being born into this world as Gitano, of the age-old suffering of his people who live in filth and misery. His song is full of sadness, has tremendous expressive power, is pure and archaic; without tricks, without acrobatic flourishes, sobs and drawn out "aayys" No, his scream is short - but he wounds like a caustic fire. [...] I've heard many great cantaores in Spain, but none of them was able to sing three or four martinetes in a row. But Manuel has been singing it for hours now - it's incomprehensible! After this unique performance none of those present dared to sing that evening. "

- Christof Jung : Cante flamenco

Discography

  • Viejo cante jondo (1972)
  • Premio Manuel Torre de Canta Flamenco (1974)
  • El color de la hierba (1978)
  • Grandes Cantaores de flamenco: Agujetas (1986)
  • En París (1990)
  • El Querer no se puede ocultar (1998)
  • En la soleá (1998)
  • Agujetas cantaor (1999)
  • 24 quilates (2002)
  • El rey del cante gitano (2003)
  • Archivo de flamenco: el Agujetas

literature

  • ÁLVAREZ CABALLERO: Ángel: La Discografía ideal del cante flamenco . Planeta, Barcelona 1995, ISBN 84-08-01602-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celebrated Flamenco Singer Manuel Agujetas Dies at 76
  2. ↑ Claus Schreiner [ed.]: Flamenco: gitano-andaluz. Frankfurt: Fischer 1985, 64-101.
  3. ↑ Hans Michael Hensel: Journeys from wild flamenco to the silence of the Sahara. http://www.hmhensel.com/christof-jung-flamenco/ Retrieved July 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Agujetas, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santos Pastor, Manuel de los
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish flamenco singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Rota , Spain
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2015
Place of death Jerez de la Frontera , Spain