‘THEORY AND FUNCTION OF THE DUENDE The flowing isthe wext ofa Icture which Lorca pve in Havana sd Baencs Aires, and ich gies us some lve to understand bis postr However, i a0 ipa an 5 fll alas tothe cltze he grew up in that any readers may be te “tuendereanslterthyinp, bln, demon” Hut whit he & realy tlking about the quality which ditnguishes great atin ‘ny media, ros that ‘ich is mercy sempeten, mysterious wer which everyone fers and which o paloopher can ep ee this quality which mates ue patontely admire one pach lar poem, pice f matic or picture afer we have head scen showsands which ae gai thoes, We may beable to re ‘isons (or ou cole bul ltimately ta yan For Lora, this power intimately conocied with the hidden seit of sting Spin He find the dnd in fameno, the bal Gan te ace bale Re utes which, Ue is om pet), se abot love and death. A that his dark sounds has dene Be rein. I hashing todo with eet, in the nd, rd ‘sist only were thre 2 posi of death We donot ned ty know all the works of att which Lace refers to understand tha be is teling ws someting about the "ganar which dove hi. ‘On page 22 he makes + mistake in Bs reference to Lather # [Noremberg. Heol have corrced this to Warberg in my tans ‘ton JJuega y teoria del duende Ladies and Gentlemen: From the year 1913, when 1 entered the Sade? Residence i Madr an 1928, when Te completing my ade in poe tophy and erator 1 ead in that dstngased place, where the ‘18 Spanish artcracy amet counteract he frivolity of French sews ents move then a thoand conferences. Longing and sn, Trew very bee nd when eft caveed thw thin layer of eh shat the pol of mp Bs ing pepper pot of tao, Nov Gia want to rng into this rom the terse lowly ot hore whch sings tye ll heads with «thin thesd {rca and which pun am auenc's exe ate bundle of pink Tapa pln in tha range of my poe vice which ce mot Wooden lights, or hemo lop, o sheep which change Mis ving to ce iF can give» simple ete the hidden spr of sullen Spin ‘Anyone who ocr 10 that srtcho-out ballin between the Joan esse yt ave 0 dnd ae ‘Ai over Andalucia, rt the 0k of Jaén to the sel af peole speak constant ofthe diene td recognise wih Ina hen ape “The mrt sine Lejos, erento ofthe Del sie NO one is ss ot at me'c the dys when | sng wih dae fd ype tees Le Melee once cated ot el asa piece of Hach "OL! Thats gor dara and she Wak ith Gluck ar th Brats ad wth Dar Mi Aa eres, an wih mee clue in is bee than anyone T Aner on Tang to Fal plays we Nec il coined this splended phrase “Al hat a dak ‘And there io greater tach These dae wound fe the mystery, the rots ping sel which we all know, which we al ore, ut Sha ier in ar Dat son, sid the Za he rer Sah Gout, wh dei the‘Paganini: *N mysterious power which everyone fc and which ro philosopher can exp, Sov then he donde is power and no a frm of behaiu, sire not smd thaup ave ead an ld masersptr= [tny: “The Jend n't in yor trast, the dude wel op fom nade the sles of yur Fe” That meane it nots question af thay, br of tae ling sl, of loo, of sient care, of the eto eration, This "seis power which everyone fs and wbigh no pio sopher ca expla i in shor. the spirit of the earthy the same (Reade which wae the hear of Nett, who had bee ecking t Sits enteral forms on the Rao bridge oi the music of Bizet, ‘without finding i aed without Lrowing that the duende he sought Th jumped from the mysterio Greco the dances of Caer ce the mangled Dianyia cry o Siero ura ‘So don't want anyone t conf the dade with he theeog- ‘sal demo of dou, which Lather in Bacchic mood threw an ‘Ripe in Narn, nor with the Cathie dev, donractve and ‘riligent, who dagcshinsl a female dog to gt it con No The dace that speak of dark and quinering i descend nt of Sorte? happy demon, marble and ally Bo indigandy ‘Satchl hi the faye to homlok, and of the other melas ‘holy demon of Descartes; sla green almond, who gt fed ‘nce and ies and wont down By the eae to hear drunken ies ne very man — Nirah would sy etry ait — cli each ae in the tower of his own perfection othe ont of bi rage with dade ot witha angel, se no ith a mae. We ust ‘rake this anduentldsintion to et nthe root ofthe work "The angel guides and gives git ke St Raphael, defen and save Ie St Michel fare ie St Gr The sgl an, tt he hes one ns hed bv he pours trace we ‘man erly achievs his war, hs sympathy o is nce. The {Engl ofthe red to Dac andthe one who came through the ‘pening ofthe ite aon at Assi othe angel who flowed the seg of Enrique Stain, command and we anne rit his Tg, brat he aves his sey wings inthe ambit of those who se predestined. : “The muse dictates and, sometimes, inpres. She ean do rele tively Title, esas she pow so distant and ext (have seem ber wie) Ht Thad Wo pt Il a marble her inside hr. The m of he muse bear vies nd do nt tno th SSS fem the mace eho ingen and someting ou Stum Soir teh pine, et poe SCAR man wh vin he wae tel ye dig Ree Te ce sae ei, ie alae ke tec ara gt oben he enemy sc imme oo moth bse th et Gente ant mes foe e mtn Be een By er rae obsee mii on hs bes sist thi Senne rn Sal en onl Lege oe ‘ "ng and se ce fn ie: hae esha foun’ shape (ie ered fom tem). Gal Io rok pres sn levee hugh ns essen he Srp ling “ie a push sey the ang and ick ow the ma a ee torte vole aan eh abated fom eget | os psy ad fom te grt tecope with te ely muse ff) link sep int dm iy "The el opi wth he dade ‘ “The mas eck ad lu the 4 ny of he eri ten se ny, With ser He St Tere or yt SLAs he Cs den tg we mas Wh Toasty gon oe ae dda Got the end dT SEE tom or othe wh se im é “Dare map no orl sek the uae, Waly ar br eB ein hat as a BE ses al thes me ou hve eed. ha Si ar mes Cope the mane of ge se vy Sta ats pint hol men ek wih sae 0 SAE EPO, its cn eran o he nl Prenent o same Manage tava don Oats estan order inbaols dle by nan acbat’ ween suitor ptethees | SPSS bn Coon Lautexmon inthe bead ardam 9 The gai ster Spa ys) o Tamer, aw a) ‘hey gs dance py that mo cmon 2 posible witha ‘hy a dee ou by nse ci dae Shen st he or ou are dered ey yy Ui thio who dood bot 00 pan {52 Seow intron yu wl cove he ue a and wots hin Ann ings Pass, a Nike de Pi n° pall. me[The Gin with the Comba} sombre Spanish genius with an iagiation Tike ht of Goya oF Ril the Co was sng {tavern at CaS played with her voice of shadow and af (ached Kyl pie eed wi dos bape a Ir or drenched i in mansaia or ow tn dark, Satant woods Bt wan no pct, elem The audience remained unmoved TanacoHsplets was ther, handsome a a Ramin tortie, who oncom ein ante, “Why don't you work? replied, witha sme Slory of Angsana, Why should I wor i ome fn Cai” is water fo he Bary ator wharf Sei dist der of Sled ary, in 190 dei mary + Rats ‘il tate he wa not hrs mH. The Flas were the, ‘ho ae bev t be Bacher, tare aly ancient pists Wo ‘Rl aie ble Gere a ina eemer a the tay char 1D Tabb Murat: otng ike + Crs mas. Pastr Pasi ended hers i ence. Oya very seal man, one of ths ite da cry sd come out from he tes of brands, esl ‘hd ine er fon vive View Pa ay fw Tere ne do re ‘oe let, or ech, or masters. We car for ohn ee’ "Then La Nia ded Pee jumped up ie 3 manera, ip pled tke a medival mourn dank in one gap» bepe gw of fiery coca and at Gown to sng without voice, witout brea, ‘thou sub, with buring thas, but th ene To do ‘Ke needed to dest all the seflding ofthe song tothe oy fora furious and blazing dade, itn oF the desert winds that ‘ade the lincners tar thr hes wih almost the ame shyt {Wert Indians a thde res, crowded bloe St Barkers tate [Nits d fr Pens bad wo wrench ber vice, bese she bet tha the ftidiows Intenee wanted oot farms bu the csp of form, pare mane wth hardly 2 body to hold taf up ire She fu to weaken her ow sills sd agus, to set aa Fo her mise and ema dcleneces 9 that Resende would ime snd eign 0 fight Ber hand-ossnd. And ho she sn? be dd plky with her vice now, her vice wat jer of bload defied by [Piet snd since, and if pena ke a hand wth te ger "roa the peed but tomy ft of = Chest by Juan Ju > The coming ofthe dee nays supposes xp change the forms I gv tee of Fesneny ttl unkagn before, ‘nt qulits of the newly ete neo mace I Succ Fetes cewee sce ferour Tn all Arabic mui, dacs, son or eles, the eng of the cade rete there eis ah Aah, "God! God, ma S ve i eben’ OU a i eng Seen meet ott tt al a ia horn ena) ocala Tg Enron te fe Sas Aa orepemeer ee See Leader! oo och eee ae oe Sacco ra ‘Naturally, when this Might fg the work is achieved, everyone feltt aga seamen ns ‘matter, and the Uneducated, With an indefinable but real ematian, a Sages aed ot dae le ee eae So rise owe a ell Son teeta rata cal ee ee elie, te res eee era See crt dah nee cell ‘music, dance and spoken postry; They need a living body ae So cal ee per ee 1 ee oar para aero Sree ele heme con ol ees seed ine Crema aoa ce Son ee ean Ce ar ie thd aoa Serre ae ae pt aon Oe cee ee San oo rad aie Pee al cacti inane 0 aa Sete acta pe ar encd ie a Seenesenter rel hatin wt et yw i ee el aaa ee oe ce al permanent ange, but Spain is perpetually ftivan anciene land of music and dance, whar€ the dade QU Temons of dav, and land of death, land open to deaths In every -couiey death san sn Dsath-comes. and he binds are drawa. In Spain, no, In Spain-he-are-lifted-Many_paupe my ad. pe ¥ Ow etthor ve Between alle anil the hy: they Sand re bought out igo the sun. A dead man in Spina mace alive thn ¢ dead ma anyhere de on earths his prof ha cating edge te «tes fur The jole aboot dh and i dest astmplatn ea to Spans. From Queveds Drom ofthe Sls to the Rein ‘iop of Valdes Lea, and fom the svenceth-centry Marbella ead in edb the rad, who si. ‘ile cipaie Sued ‘0 the young mas of Slsmncs, reel by abl who xe Ani em mass Fes Lam eng ‘Ferpuac gem’ ‘Time hares hav ie dhe is «trier made of Bowers of spt, where there ies people contrping dah, with Frm’ vera hr meh side, and fragrant eypre onthe side thet host Ia. But iis land whee the mst important thing of al final meal lic value of death. The kn andthe ettecl, the razr and the Pointed beards of herdsmen, de bald mown, he Hamp aes, ‘able, he enchant me, an the cuting atin af evs nd balcoio poses sn Spin te rc death ations ard ‘ices which the ale mind can picky which samme a Me ‘ory with the righ wind of our own ping, I ace that 1 Spanish artis Bound to our sy Tall of stk ant eine Stones. The lament af Plcbero or the dances of the et ot Mara de Vive ar ot led instance ace ht this Spanish love sng standout fm ll he balla of Europe Seren rye wit hich 9 Neri sage fa eng ora Dens del verge “In the garden L mall es so ae co oe a ee a ny sri ane soe The pine Zt’ etn HG el akan rieig emir rer tars So see ern ae en Tot Fo are pel ee Sates om ee a Ca Soren ee ee ephoreepted yeremiogtreyeria) Ree nar ee” on tatap ad Sesh cicie solos Sagal Serre ia rh ope ots at ie aa ste puma nh te Mita deoxy a fe ee oo heat he koe ct nena oe Gece Sct So a to te Sa Sea cathe heft pede ‘century, and calls Lacretius’ trusted cockerel to pat unexpected fenifcrin = "ihe! det, ea se ed sik ade nl atin ey I nd of Viola Hea Jhaikane sees Barbe bt eg fate ten woe hr donr et Cures onion Lahore aa\o hk thise branches which weal cary and which athe are, 1 wl be ome. "We -wo OF Ere the sede Hasta ght wit he {reitoe othe rim ofthe well Angel and muse eseape mth vie compas; the duende wounds, and in hesling this ound, whieh eer ces, te exceptional the creative pa of ars vk The magia qualiy ofa poem consist in fing alway fl of sued, wo apie al thse who ade anh water Bosine wih dace fear love, to understand, and one no be loved and wnderderstuod, and this srg for expresso sa ‘ommanicaton in posry becomes» moral sgl at tine, Remember the se of St Tere, posted ith amency and shee Flamenco not because she stopped an any bl wih hee ‘magfeent passes, which she di not because the Showed a hes tod looks befor the fir Joan de la Misra ant hecan she shipped the Papal Nun, but fr being une ofthe fen pete whe died (ot ane, for a ange tacks noone) tat het with «dart, wanting toll hr for dieverng i a eee, the \eeate bridge which joins the five senses to tht cee of tring Aes ving Goad sng sa, of tinele ne Tis aint conqueror of the darnic wan ute ue Philip of Aira, who, mgingly sceking the angel wel muse of tnuogs fund mse enprsoed by the dad cold ardour st a. ing Et Escorial whose geometry borders on dren rad bee the erie dons the muses mark Tor the cena pashan oF the reat king We have said thatthe dude likes the eg, the wound and apersaches plas where the forms ue in earning pra hs thei vib expressions Ta Spain (as among Easter paps, wher the dace i ae sous expreson the duende haa ound cpe inthe bo ‘he dancer of Ci, praised by Marlin the bens af anaes bel by Jvenal andi the whole ary of balling a a ‘ie religious drama where, a in the ase = gad heating and is arid, agen aif al the dnd inthe ancien world his come tog- thor inthis eset ital exhib the cule an hearse sembly ofa pple who dicorr tas highest angers sl ted ‘Gi. Noby & amsed by Spun dance nr bythe Wilh the shende ensures we sles toch the drama, in Ting far and pars the stars for ight hn surwunding rea ‘The sends operates om dancer’ bay Hie wid on the sand ns Wh mig et hangs «gino « pe a cron sien ae ede a roen b wine shop fori. Sea ee a a ‘Tian tro nd aed once bere he ai fe wich ere ine ee akc Dart pontine ol tec spans dundee 9p tl ny many he See he a ita ti re npr thc one ait sto igh mh death, Wak nape eee on he hr wh gency he anda sad enh na Ff wh blige ad ewe i clos tof dang: vhich nthe we oe ee pe Tou cafe the tach the tan he ep ot dando rac ob sot baiguey at s Oeeah wk he, ca he bl sll unseen {iting You Del he lp ft se tes hans ea ora “tem “The halighr who sm te pty eine a oat ie Sg, cody pei bse WB Se Bitter Sr bye da gies cara Bae tran mas ms oat he coh oa Shera slaan gat nr Rama ed, Jai i is Jens elm hs bse de tl Cae go ‘mlm he igh the ig ey sow pa ls ‘mun fo pt pu he Seah ea Siu st ma) ny view scr seal apa were death nd eb oo de aloe Ta {is ee yon afl ne ch See ge mle fay oeees The dun wh Bln, he sn a lg the chek fhe win of he pet Mae Compe ‘ade wh ks Sole of Coe Sos Oa sitet apmpt nope de ernie vee ic ace oh nel Sot of Sena bricks in Cate o Ter the sone sie eae ny Uke Ghee CAM ty al seed ee ‘Won i ings at deh bend hs empl ee aaHerrera wo prove that col! does A; when ic burns, it puts Ber ret nthe mist of fares and mikes hin invent ne spe for seule "The mune of gor and Garcia's angel ms drop the rel rch hen the dara ofS Joh ofthe Crom ges by hen the Wounded sta appear bone the il “Gonzalo de Herz’ muse andthe angel of he acres of ite ‘must withdraw wo let Jorge Manigue pas hen be comes fatally wounded tothe guts of Belmonte cal, Ths muse of Gregor ‘erindez andthe angel of Jost de Mora must gie way to the sede, weeping ts of Meas Wood, and Mariner Menta? ‘heads wich the hed ofan Asyran ball And the reunchly mae ‘of Cara andthe damp angel of Galicia have wo lok with Loving ‘wonder at Case's dud, 50 far Rom the warms bread aed the ‘wet co tht rs the arma of sneping sky nd yeh The duende of Qeveto andthe duende of Cervantes, one with seen phosphorus anemones, the other with ster anemones of Rider rown the altarpiece af the dene of Spin ach art hs, 2 is rtural a dende of 2 stint kind, bu al thee rots jin a point where the dark sounds of Manuel Tare vel ap Te is ultimate mate, te common base, uncontolabe snd Trembling of wod, sound, fic and words Dark sounds behind which, in tender inimey, ae volts, any zee andthe great night tat cps her waist wth the Milly Way, ‘Lats and ethene a thre te and with 3 uy ‘and have pled in them the mse, the angland the dene "The mse remains qui; she ean have a tunic a sal pets the cow's eyes that regard Pomp the big ose wih four acs ned by Phaser gst fn The angel can shake Aatenlly ‘& Mesin’s fa, Lip' tunic and Masai or Rousseas vos ‘The dade. Whi the dea? Tigh the egy ach enters wind ofthe mid, which biome or the hed of the dad ini ‘eal, seme fr en linduspes acens we never Knew. A wind ‘vhs smell of cider epi, crushed grass and jl el hich announces the constant baptism of ely eee tings