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The art of the XXth century was marked by an effervescent creativity in continuous search for its modern means of expression and its stylistic evolution. Great creative personalities brought their contribution to the unprecedented assertion of those cultures by accomplishing syntheses between national folkloric heritage and European music tradition; those syntheses were differently achieved in each culture and by each composer, as they either carried forward certain traditions of the XIXth century or reinforced or...

Starting with the 1980s, the world of flamenco has been witnessing a process of innovation and internal changings. The roots of this process can be practically seen in the new directions flamenco follows. The discussion revolves nowadays around the question, if tradition and flamenco are two concepts that exclude, or rather imply, one another. We aim at answering that question by means of comparison between what can be defined as two distinct styles: classic flamenco and new flamenco.