{"id":387932,"date":"2023-05-18T18:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allflamenco.net\/origin-saetas\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T21:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T21:57:43","slug":"origin-saetas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allflamenco.net\/en\/blog\/origin-saetas\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the saetas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Social Sharing Buttons &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|10px|0px|false|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1280px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; 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This type of couplets were used to indicate to sinners that they had to repent for their sins, they encouraged devotion and penitence. Between 1800 and 1840, the saeta became a popular song, although it was not yet flamenco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Services&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|-34px|0px|false|false&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; max_width=&#8221;none&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px|0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Domine||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;32em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Domine|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||0px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The saetas in Spain<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>It is thought that it may have been <strong>Enrique el Mellizo who sang saetas for the first time in front of a processional image<\/strong> in the Santa Mar\u00eda quarter of C\u00e1diz, although there is no written record of this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, saetas are sung at Holy Week events throughout the Iberian Peninsula. In Andalusia, but also in Murcia, Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla Le\u00f3n, <strong>the cante is transformed into quej\u00edo and deep lamentation.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Of a popular nature, it emerges at the pace of the processions. It is a deep and heartfelt expression between the singer and the image of Jesus or the Dolorosa.<\/p>\n<p>It is considered that there is a more specific area in which the saeta is a fundamental cante. It is a golden triangle that runs from Cadiz, Jerez de la Frontera and Malaga to Cordoba and Seville. 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The most popular styles are defined in three, the saetas por seguiriyas, the martinetes and the carceleras de Puente Genil.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Manuel Centeno, master &#8220;saetero&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Manuel Centeno<\/strong> (1907 &#8211; 1961) became the most sought-after saeta singer in Seville. <strong>He was known as the emperor of the saeta,<\/strong> and is attributed the authorship of the saeta por seguiriyas. 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