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Song of the Outcasts: An Introduction to Flamenco.(Book Review)

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Song of the Outcasts: An Introduction to Flamenco. By Robin Totton. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 2003. [224 p. ISBN 1-57467-080-8. $19.95.] Illustrations, index, bibliography, discography, compact disc.

To my knowledge there are only a handful of musical styles that can arouse feelings as deep and enthusiastic as flamenco. (The only possible rival is opera, I have to admit.) I pity the innocent and vulnerable music-lover who might dare express a public opinion, especially in writing, about a cantaor (singer), a tocaor (player), a recording or a book. There will always be someone alarmingly fanatical with radically different views who is ready for a verbal assault. ...

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