The so-called "género chico" is a musical theater genre that triumphed in Spain in the last three decades of the 19th century, just when flamenco became very popular. In this episode, we analyze how the perfect marriage between género chico and flamenco took place, from which both spouses came out very reinforced. You will also be able to listen to some flamenco pieces included in género chico works.

Throughout history, music has been the protagonist of the "Feria de Abril" (April fair) in Seville, especially flamenco. Although sevillanas and rumbas are danced at the Feria today, among other music, it has not always been so. In this episode, you will learn which flamenco palos were common in the 19th-century Ferias and listen to the music that used to be danced in the "casetas" at that time.

This episode deals with how the petenera became one of the most fashionable songs in Spain at the end of the 19th century, becoming popular in all corners of Spain, even crossing national borders. A phenomenon with success inversely proportional to the knowledge we currently have of it.

The saeta is a flamenco song related to Holy Week. It is performed in the streets at the passing of the "cofradías" (brotherhoods) and in some acts of Lent. However, in the past, another flamenco palo was also linked in one way or another with the Holy Week. In this episode, you will know what it was and where it used to be heard. You will also be able to listen to some very curious old saetas recorded in sheet music.

Although the first flamenco recordings appeared around 1895, this episode poses the following question: Could we know now flamenco sounded like before the first recordings? Have you ever thought about it? Some clues are provided so that, at the end of the episode, a more precise answer to this question can be given.

In this episode, we travel to a particular date: the summer of 1878, where we locate the first references of the guajira in different locations in Spain. We present who its first protagonists were and listen to some guajiras of that time that have never been recorded before, and a live performance of a guajira for guitar from this period.

The fandango is considered one of the pillars of flamenco and is currently one of the most performed songs in recitals and concerts. However, there was a time when this palo was hardly performed in the repertoire of flamenco artists. In this episode, we analyze what happened and will listen to some fandangos from the 19th century, which are slightly different from the current flamenco ones.

This episode revolves around the question: Was flamenco in the 19th century really the way it has been told to us? It provides some clues that can help to understand specific processes of 19th-century flamenco, which have only sometimes been considered in the history of flamenco.

In this episode, we remember a flamenco style already in disuse, but that was popular in the nineteenth century, the jarabe. We review how it arrived in Spain from Mexico, where it was considered the national dance, and stayed in the flamenco family for just over half a century. We walk the paths that the jarabe traveled in its flamenco journey, and we listen to some of its forgotten sounds of the nineteenth century both in Mexico and Spain.

This episode is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the first news we know of one of the most popular flamenco styles in the nineteenth century, the petenera. We talk about the context where the petenera appears some of that time, as well as the repercussions it had in Spain and Mexico.