8.1
| Musician, nationality | Django Reinhardt, French |
| Author of the biography | Alexis Salatko |
| Brief summary | This fiction book is the biography of the famous gypsy musician Django Reinhardt and reveals the life of Django Reinhardt and traces in 43 chapter 43 years of the famous musicians through three female figures. The book is in French language |
| Web link to biography | Title of the book Folles de Django: http://books.google.be/booksid=qZocAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Folles+de+Django&hl= en&sa=X&ei=h317U4DUI8Ww7Aags4C4Ag&redir_esc =y#v=onepage&q=Folles%20de%20Django&f=false |
| Other interesting information | Django Reinhardt related sites:http://www.hotclub.co.uk/ |
8.2
| Musician, nationality | Israel Galván, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | Negro Producciones (music company) |
| Brief summary | Israel Galván was born into flamenco dance. He grew up learning and dancing with his father, and his mother. Nowadays hes the most vanguardist flamenco dancer and awarded with the National Dance Award given by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.anegro.net/israel_galvan/biografia |
| Other interesting information | Free online biography in English, French and Spanish |
8.3
| Musician, nationality | Pastora Galván, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | Negro Producciones (music company) |
| Brief summary | Pastora, renowned dancer, bears in his blood the family traditional dances and the modern dance his brother Israel Galván. In the last years Pastora has been teaching in Spain and dancing around the world with different companies. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.anegro.net/pastora_galvan/biografia |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in Spanish |
8.4
| Musician, nationality | Camarón de la Isla, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | Andalusian Regional Government |
| Brief summary | Supposedly the greatest flamenco singer of the second part of the 20th century, Camarón de la Isla was considered to be the Romani God of Flamenco and his effigy is respected in a somewhat religious manner. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.andalucia.com/flamenco/musicians/camarondelaisla.htm |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in English and Spanish |
8.5
| Musician, nationality | Carmen Amaya, Spainish |
| Author of the biography | Andalusian Regional Government |
| Brief summary | Carmen Amaya was born in Barcelona in 1913 and died on the 19th November 1963. She was a Romani dancer who was to become one of the most outstanding “bailaoras” (female flamenco dancers) of the twentieth century. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.andalucia.com/flamenco/dancers/carmenamaya.htm |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in English and Spanish |
8.6
| Musician, nationality | Manolo Caracol, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | José María Ruiz Fuentes |
| Brief summary | Manuel Ortega Juárez (1909 -1973), was known as Manolo Caracol and is one of the best Flamenco singers ever, admired by his unique personal way of singing and expressing his feelings. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.elartedevivirelflamenco.com/cantaores59.html |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in Spanish |
8.7
| Musician, nationality | Manuel Torre, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | José María Ruiz Fuentes |
| Brief summary | Manuel Torre (1878-1933) is considered the father of Flamenco of the 20th century. He was an idol for the Roma of his age and his art was the precursor of Manolo Caracol o Antonio de Mairena. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.elartedevivirelflamenco.com/cantaores17.html |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in Spanish |
8.8
| Musician, nationality | Paco de Lucía, Spanish |
| Author of the biography | Craig Harris |
| Brief summary | Paco de Lucía applied modern harmony to the flamenco guitar, exerting a huge influence on the flamenco world. He also advanced guitar technique. |
| Web link to biography | http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paco-de-luc%C3%ADa-mn0000082639/biography |
| Other interesting information | Books by Paco de LuciaPaco de Lucía Scores, La Fabulosa Guitarra de Paco de Lucía, Book 1 (Spanish Edition) (Spanish) – May 27, 2004 by Paco de Lucía (Author), Jorge Berges (Editor) This volume is the first of a series of four books and it marks the first in a series of collections of chronologically transcribed recordings by Paco de Lucia; It presents works from his first recording, La fabulosa guitarra de Paco de Lucía including: Barrio la viña; De madruga; Farruca de Lucía; Ímpetu; Jerezana; Llanto a Cádiz; Punta del Faro; and Punta Umbría. Every effort was made to accurately render this music in standard notation and tablature ultimately approved by the artist himself. A foreword, explanation of notation symbols, and generous performance notes are included in Spanish, English and French. Link to the other books of Paco de Lucia: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Paco+de+Lucia&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3APaco+de+Lucia |
8.9
| Musician, nationality | Yuri Yukanov, Bulgarian |
| Author of the biography | – |
| Brief summary | Yuri Yunakov is a Bulgarian Romani sax player known for one of the most popular music styles in the Balkan region that emerged in the early 1970s. |
| Web link to biography | http://worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=77 |
| Other interesting information | Biography written in English |
8.10
| Musician, nationality | Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian |
| Author of the biography | Wikipedia |
| Brief summary | He was a Romanian composer and violinist or violin virtuoso. He is most famous for his often-played virtuoso violin showpiece “Hora staccato” (1906) and for making popular the tune Ciocârlia, composed by his grandfather Angheluș Dinicu |
| Web link to biography | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigora%C8%99_Dinicu |
| Other interesting information | He was born in Bucharest, in the neighborhood of the lăutari. Because his father was busy with his activity as a lăutar, he handled him to “moş Zamfir”, an old violinist, who taught him the first songs. He attended the Bucharest Conservatory, where he studied with Kiriac-Georgescu. The most famous of his teachers was Carl Flesch, the violin pedagogue, with whom he studied in 1902. He received a scholarship at the Vienna Conservatory, but he was not allowed to go there because he was Romani, an episode that he never forgot. |
8.11
| Musician, nationality | Ion Voicu, Romanian |
| Author of the biography | Wikipedia |
| Brief summary | He was a Romanian violinist and orchestral conductor of Romani ethnicity. In 1969 he founded the award-winning Bucharest Chamber Orchestra |
| Web link to biography | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Voicu |
| Other interesting information | In 1949, Voicu first appeared as a soloist with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra under George Georgescu, and he achieved great acclaim as a participant in their 1957 tour of Belgrade;[1] from 1972 to 1982, he was the director of the Philharmonic. |
8.12
| Musician, nationality | Manuel de Falla, Spain |
| Author of the biography | Nancy Lee Harper |
| Brief summary | |
| Web link to biography | |
| Other interesting information | Ed. Scarecrow Press 2005 |
8.13
| Musician, nationality | Manuel de Falla, Spain |
| Author of the biography | Jorge de Persia |
| Brief summary | |
| Web link to biography | |
| Other interesting information | Ed. Fondo de Cultura Economica 1993 |
8.14
| Musician, nationality | Pauline Viardot, France/Spain |
| Author of the biography | |
| Brief summary | |
| Web link to biography | http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Viardot |
| Other interesting information | www.lesamisdebizet.com |
8.15
| Musician, nationality | Manuel Garcia, Spain |
| Author of the biography | Alberto Romero Ferrer, Andrés Moreno Mengibar |
| Brief summary | Manuel García : de la tonadilla escénica a la Opera Española |
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