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Like Italian, Spanish has estro , from the Latin oestrus `gadfly' (English estrus ) to denote artistic inspiration (and female sexual heat), but duende goes further.
I have seen a calendar (Workman Publishing Co., New York) which defined it as “personal magnetism and charm,” and said, “Given today's extensive TV coverage, political candidates need duende if they hope to be accepted by the public.”
The address (Obras Completas, Aguilar, Madrid, 1963) is a 5,000-word virtuoso performance in which he describes duende variously as “the spirit of the earth,” with Dionysian roots, and as “the mysterious spirit of sorrowful Spain.”
' The occasions when duende grips a singer, dancer or torero are punctuated with cries of “Olé!”
Aficionados of duende who enjoyed George Bria's exegesis, (“Duende: Gypsy Soul and Something More” [XV, 1], of its “magical quality,” should refer to the works of George Frazier, another of its champions.
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