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In 1933 García Lorca gave a lecture in Buenos Aires on the Teoría y Juego del Duende (`Theory and Play of Duende '), which has become the bible of the initiates.
Whatever its derivation, duende as artistic inspiration found its apostle and guru in Andalusian-born Federico García Lorca, lyric poet and dramatist who was murdered in 1936, at age 38, in the early days of the Spanish Civil War.
“At the moment of the kill,” he says, “the help of duende is needed to bring it off with artistic truth.”
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.”
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.