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  • The Cambridge History of Music in Spain

    Edited by Walter A. Clark, Ana Llorens, Álvaro Torrente ...
    Series series The Cambridge History of Music
    Spain's musical history has often resided on – or been consigned to – the margins of historical narratives about mainstream European culture. As a result, Spanish music is universally popular but seldom well understood outside Iberia. This volume offers, for the first time in English, a comprehensive survey of music in Spain from the Middle Ages to the modern era, including both classical and ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

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    The Allure and Power of an Idea

    by Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo ...
    "Latin America" is a concept firmly entrenched in its philosophical, moral, and historical meanings. And yet, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo argues in this landmark book, it is an obsolescent racial-cultural idea that ought to have vanished long ago with the banishment of racial theory. Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea makes this case persuasively.Tenorio-Trillo builds the book on three ... Read more

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  • The Companion to Hispanic Studies

    by Catherine Davies ...
    What is 'Hispanic Studies'? This companion gives a concise and accessible overview of the discipline as taught today and suggests new directions for future developments. 'Hispanic Studies' is broadly concerned with the languages and cultures of the vast 'Hispanic' world, extending chronologically from Roman Hispania to today, and geographically from Roman Hispania to today, and geographically from ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Enrique Granados

    Poet of the Piano

    by Walter Aaron Clark ...
    Enrique Granados (1867-1916) is one of the most compelling figures of the late-Romantic period in music. During his return voyage to Spain after the premiere of his opera Goyescas at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1916, a German submarine torpedoed the ship on which he and his wife were sailing, and they perished in the waters of the English Channel. His death was mourned on both sides of the ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Flamenco on the Global Stage

    Historical, Critical and Theoretical Perspectives

    Edited by Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum, Michelle Heffner Hayes, K. Meira Goldberg ...
    The language of the body is central to the study of flamenco. From the records of the Inquisition, to 16th century literature, to European travel diaries, the Spanish dancer beguiles and fascinates. The word flamenco evokes the image of a sensuous and rebellious woman--the bailaora --whose movements seduce the audience, only to reject their attention with a stomp of defiance. The dancer's body is ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • In Search of Julián Carrillo and Sonido 13

    by Alejandro L. Madrid ...
    Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
    In the 1920s, the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo (1875-1965) developed a microtonal system called El Sonido 13 (The 13th Sound). Although his pioneering role as one of the first proponents of microtonality within the Western art music tradition elevated Carrillo to iconic status among European avant-garde circles in the 1960s and 1970s, his music and legacy have remained largely overlooked by ... Read more

    $47.69 USD

  • Manuel de Falla and Visions of Spanish Music

    by Michael Christoforidis ...
    Michael Christoforidis is widely recognized as a leading expert on one of Spain's most important composers, Manuel de Falla. This volume brings together both new chapters and revised versions of previously published work, some of which is made available here in English for the first time. The introductory chapter provides a biographical outline of the composer and characterisations of both Falla ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Flamenco Music

    History, Forms, Culture

    by Peter Manuel ...
    An expert explains and analyzes the beloved art formAn iconic symbol of Spain, flamenco has become a global phenomenon. Peter Manuel offers English-language readers a rare portrait of the music’s history, styles, and cultural impact. Beginning with flamenco’s Moorish and Roma influences, Manuel follows the music’s evolution through its consolidation in the mid-1800s and on to the vibrant ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture

    Edited by David T. Gies ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Culture
    This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned essays by leading experts provide analyses of the historical and political background of modern Spain, the culture of the major autonomous regions (notably Castile, Catalonia, and the ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    A Musical Life in Three Acts

    by Walter Aaron Clark, William Craig Krause ...
    Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
    The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on virtually every aspect of Spanish musical culture during a career that spanned six decades and saw tremendous political and cultural upheavals. After Falla, he was the most important and influential musician: in addition to his creative activities, he was President of the ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain

    Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Iberian Peninsula

    by Paulo Ferreira de Castro, Igor Contreras Zubillaga, Vera Marques Alves, Eva Moreda Rodríguez, Leonor Losa, Pedro Moreira, Hugo Castro, Diego García-Peinazo, Ricardo Andrade, Héctor Fouce, Fernán del Val, Josep Martí, Cristina Sánchez-Carretero, Cristina Cruces Roldán ...
    How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalismWhat does music in Portugal and Spain reveal about the relationship between national and regional identity building? How do various actors use music to advance nationalism? How have state and international heritage regimes contributed to nationalist and regionalist projects? In this collection, contributors explore these ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Light in the Darkness

    The Music and Life of Joaquín Rodrigo

    by Javier Suárez-Pajares, Walter Aaron Clark ...
    A composer of singular vision.Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999) is best known as the composer of one of the most popular works of music in the twentieth century—the Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra. It’s been featured in movies and television commercials and remains a staple of concert programs for orchestras around the world. Miles Davis said, “After listening to it for a couple of weeks ... Read more

    $30.79 USD