Los Gabrieles
(Photo: Daniel Muñoz)
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Flamenco, already as
a profession, took little time to trespass the borders of
Andalusia. There are records of some flamenco parties in
Madrid, dated around the middle of the 19th century, involving
recognized personalities such as Juan de Dios, Luis Alonso,
some bailaoras beginning to excel and the very own Silverio.
The epicenters would be two: first, the botillerías
situated on the way to Toledo, from the Plaza Mayor; and
the area around the Plaza de Santa Ana, with grocer's shops
and singing cafes still standing like Los Gabrieles or Villa
Rosa, both opened at the beginning for the 20th century.
By the end of the century the Court's taste for flamenco
develops to the extent that part of the intellectuals of
1898 begins a campaign against flamenco that even arouses
an interest in the neighboring France.
