Second style of Siguiriya del Mellizo performed by Antonio Mairena in 1958 with the guitar of Juan Moreno.
Francisco Antonio Enrique Jiménez Fernández was born in Cádiz in 1848 and died in 1906. It is thought that el Mellizo recreated this style based on certain cantes from Triana. Although this singer is closely associated with Cádiz, his siguiriyas correspond to the styles of Los Puertos, as is also the case of the styles of Curro Durse.
The first lines of this style are sung with a very original melody. Luis and Ramón Soler note that the first half of the long line of verse resembles the music of other styles from Los Puertos, such as el Fillo 2, Curro Durse 3, Paco la Luz 2, el Lebrijano, el Nitri 1 and Miguel el de Pepa 1.
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