What can we say about the Andalusian or Arab origins of flamenco?

D.R.: Perhaps the most interesting thing about the potential Arab relationship with flamenco, is to realize that historically it is quite possible. We talked about who the Moriscos are, that is the Muslims who stayed behind in Spain and had to be converted in order to stay in Spain after 1502. The gypsies arrive in southern Spain at least by 1499, that is seven years after the fall of Granada.

That seems to be our first clear reference to the arrival of the gypsies in Granada. It's a complaint by a bishop who says that they have arrived in the city. So during the 16th century, all of the 1500s, the Moriscos and the gypsies-the gitanos-lived as the marginalizes social groups in the newly Christianized cities of southern Spain, such as Granada, Cadiz, etc. So there was a century of overlap.

And we know that in many cases, specifically in Granada, that they actually lived in the same neighborhoods. Rather than trying to think of Arab music as the origin of flamenco, or even its ... more.

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