Serrat y los poetas

Joan Manuel Serrat's work cannot be understood without those songs in which he made music for the poets. Since that unforgettable 1969 album dedicated to Antonio Machado, who is an essential part of the basic memory of our popular music, he has produced monographic works dedicated to Miguel Hernández, Joan Salvat-Papasseit and Mario Benedetti. But, in addition, a large part of his discography includes, here and there, poems by different authors transformed into songs: León Felipe, Joan Vergés, Ernesto Cardenal, José Agustín Goytisolo, Josep Carner, Pere Quart, José María Fonollosa, Luis Cernuda, Luis García Montero... the payroll is extensive. So important were "Cantares" or "Para la libertad" as "Mediterráneo" or "Today can be a great day": poets are key to understanding and shaping their own work. Serrat y los poetas, by the expert Luis García Gil, delves into the history of those sung poems. A story that, blow by blow and verse by verse, has been weaving Serrat himself, who has especially collaborated in this book with his personal testimony, contributing his memories and reflections.