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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC DUENDE: ILLUMINATING THE UNTRANSLATABLE By DAVID W. COBB A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Music 2018 David W. Cobb defended this thesis on April 11, 2018. The members of the supervisory committee were: Frank Gunderson Professor Directing Thesis Michael B. Bakan Committee Member Aimee Boutin Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the thesis has been approved in accordance with university requirements ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I want to thank the women in my life, Paula, Arden, and Maya, whose unflagging support has gotten me through this program. I would like to think the inimitable Dr. Frank Gunderson for his wonderful guidance and encouragement. I also want to thank my other committee members, Dr. Michael Bakan and Dr. Aimee Boutin, and all of the excellent faculty of musicology at Florida State University. Lastly, I want to thank those who have participated in this thesis. There are Spaniards from multiple generations that have grown up with flamenco in their ears and blood. There are Cubans who learned flamenco on their native island and brought their passion with them to Miami. There is an Eastern European guitarist who fell in love with flamenco on a family vacation in Spain.