{"id":6206,"date":"2011-05-17T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T16:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2017-10-19T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T11:51:16","slug":"when-france-was-blissfully-diagnosed-with-the-folies-despagne-spanish-folia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/when-france-was-blissfully-diagnosed-with-the-folies-despagne-spanish-folia\/","title":{"rendered":"When France was “Diagnosed” with The “Folies d’Espagne” (Spanish Folia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Instead of the litany of “follies<\/strong>” that thrashed France <\/strong>from\u00a0le nord<\/em><\/strong> (the North), especially by way of\u00a0la Manche <\/em><\/strong>(the English Channel),\u00a0from the London-inspired “Folies Berg\u00e8re<\/em><\/a><\/em>” <\/strong>to the outbreak of la vache folle <\/strong><\/em>(mad cow) disease<\/a> (a British bovine concoction of highly “symptomatic” character), consider, for a refreshing change, this passionate form of pure\u00a0esprit musical<\/em><\/strong> (musical spirit), which found its way to France through le sud <\/em><\/strong>(the South), about six centuries ago.<\/p>\n

It is the time when France was “diagnosed”, so to speak, with what was known back then as “les folies d’Espagne<\/em><\/strong><\/span>“, or “the Spanish folia<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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