Andalusia Andalusia Andalusia (; ) is an autonomous community in southern Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities in the country. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The territory is divided into eight provinces: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Its capital is the city of Seville (Spanish: "Sevilla"). Andalusia is located in a privileged area in the south of the Iberian peninsula, in south-western Europe, immediately south of the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; west of the autonomous community of Murcia
Music of Andalusia "a body of song of comparable intensity, profanity and eroticism [existed] in Arabic from the second half of the 9th century onwards." "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", edited Andalusia is a modern autonomous community of Spain that is best known for flamenco, a form of music and dance that is mostly performed by Andalusian people. Improvised flamenco songs of ancient Andalusian origin are called "cante jondo", and are characterized by a reduced tonal ambiance, a strict rhythm, baroque ornamentation and repetition of notes. "Cante jondo" is sung by a single singer ("cantaor"). There are two forms of flamenco songs: