Poema del Cante Jondo

This book of poems was written in 1921. For an understanding of Federico García Lorca’s work, it is important to note that it was created with all the fervor and full intensity of his most ardent youth. At that time, the admirable maestro Falla, together with Federico García Lorca, studied, planned, and brought to fruition—the fruition framed within the unreality of the gardens of Granada—the first genuine festival of Cante Jondo. This work belongs to the poet’s early period and marks a peak moment of lyricism within his poetic cycle.