The Meaning of "Espana Cani"?

[nq:1]Hello, All: A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual Marquina's (1873 - 1948)"Espana Cani", and this is one of ... also asked a cultured fellow from Spain and he could not tell exactly, either. So what does "Espana Cani" mean?[/nq]
I think it's some sort of Gypsy dance.
Don
Kansas City

[nq:1]Hello, All: A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual Marquina's (1873 - 1948)"Espana Cani", and this is one of ... also asked a cultured fellow from Spain and he could not tell exactly, either. So what does "Espana Cani" mean?[/nq]
(I would ordinarily remove the groups I don't read and haven't checked the FAQs for. I hope the readers of and will forgive me my transgression in not d

[nq:2]Hello, All: A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual ... not tell exactly, either. So what does "Espana Cani" mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's some sort of Gypsy dance. Don Kansas City[/nq]
Shouldn't it be spelled with an enyey?

Matthew H. Fields http://personal.www.umich.edu/~fields Music:

[nq:2]I think it's some sort of Gypsy dance. Shouldn't it be spelled with an enyey?[/nq]
Oh, I'm sorry:
I thiñk it's some sort of Gypsy dañce.
Doñ
Kañsas City

[nq:2]Hello, All: A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual ... not tell exactly, either. So what does "Espana Cani" mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's some sort of Gypsy dance.[/nq]
I believe "cañí" (accent on the "i") means "Andalucian" or "Gypsy"/"Romany"; so, "Gypsy Spain". I would be careful using it in Spanish, though. It feels funny to me, and may be, or may have been, an uncomplime

[nq:1]Oh, I'm sorry: I thiñk it's some sort of Gypsy dañce. Doñ Kañsas City[/nq]
Classically funny. Well done, Don Don.
Ole. Ooops, can't find the Spanish symbol on the keyboard, so it's Swedish.

Joe

[nq:1]Hello, All: A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual Marquina's (1873 - 1948)"Espana Cani", and this is one of ... also asked a cultured fellow from Spain and he could not tell exactly, either. So what does "Espana Cani" mean?[/nq]
According to the Diccionario de la Real Academia, cañí is an adjective meaning 'de raza gitana', or of the gypsy race. So España Cañí would mean Gypsy S

[nq:1]Shouldn't it be spelled with an enyey?[/nq]
The name of the piece has two of them.

A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual Marquina's (1873 -
1948)"Espana Cani", and this is one of my favorite pieces.But what is the meaning of the word "Cani"?
I cannot find it in a Spanish dictionary, and I also asked a cultured fellow from Spain and he could not tell exactly, either.

So what does "Espana Cani" mean?
According to the website
www.theconservationlan

A well-known piece of Spanish music is Pascual Marquina's (1873 -
1948)"Espana Cani", and this is one of my favorite pieces.But what is the meaning of the word "Cani"?
I cannot find it in a Spanish dictionary, and I also asked a cultured fellow from Spain and he could not tell exactly, either.

So what does "Espana Cani" mean?
According to the The Project Gutenberg Etext Romany