Music, Propaganda, and the Spanish Civil War
International Encounters with a Divided Nation
Will be published approx. on 20. May 2026
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-19-776067-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Spanish Civil War was a landmark conflict of the twentieth century with deep international, political, and cultural resonance. Even given its impact, sustained interest in the plethora of ways music was employed during the era is a much more recent development. Music, Propaganda and the Spanish Civil War explores the international dimensions of musical propaganda during the time period. Through close examinations of a wide range of works, styles, and practices-from popular and traditional to cosmopolitan and modernist-this volume demonstrates the crucial role of radio, cinema, and other emerging sound technologies in propaganda and diplomatic efforts by Republicans as well as Nationalists. Through extensive coverage of musical genres that have previously received little attention in Spanish Civil War scholarship (such as Nazi military music, zarzuela, and flamenco, among others), the collection investigates the significance of music and sound in propagandistic narratives of the war in Spain. Music, Propaganda and the Spanish Civil War highlights music's critical role both during and after the conflict, centering its profound influence on a shared historical memory of the time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
9 b/w music examples, 33 b/w figures
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 166 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-776067-3 (9780197760673)
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Persons
Michael Christoforidis is a Professor in Musicology at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century Spanish music and dance, and its impact on Western culture. He has published two monographs: Manuel de Falla and Visions of Spanish Music (Routledge, 2017), and Carmen and the Staging of Spain with Elizabeth Kertesz (Oxford University Press, 2018)
Diego Alonso is a Senior Researcher at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He has been a visiting scholar at Humboldt University, the University of Cambridge, Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Staatliches Institut fuer Musikforschung. He is founder and leader of the research group "Deutsch-Ibero-Amerikanische Musikbeziehungen" of the German Musicological Society, and he has published in leading journals including Acta musicologica, Twentieth-Century Music, Music Analysis, Die Musikforschung, Journal of War and Culture Studies and Musicologica
Austriaca.
Diego Alonso is a Senior Researcher at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He has been a visiting scholar at Humboldt University, the University of Cambridge, Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Staatliches Institut fuer Musikforschung. He is founder and leader of the research group "Deutsch-Ibero-Amerikanische Musikbeziehungen" of the German Musicological Society, and he has published in leading journals including Acta musicologica, Twentieth-Century Music, Music Analysis, Die Musikforschung, Journal of War and Culture Studies and Musicologica
Austriaca.
Content
Diego Alonso and Michael Christoforidis: Introduction Part 1. International Engagement and Solidarity 1: Daniel Kowalsky: The Soviet Cultural Offensive in Republican Spain, 1931-1939 2: Luis Velasco-Pufleau: "High overhead some meaningless bullets are singing": Sound, Propaganda, and Truth in George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia 3: Diego Alonso: New Perspectives on Hanns Eisler and the Spanish Civil War 4: Manfred Heidler: The Music Band of the Condor Legion in Wartime Spain 5: Carol A. Hess: "The Last Great Cause": The Spanish Civil War and Classical Music in the United States Part 2. Mass Media and Cosmopolitan Musics 6: Elizabeth Kertesz and Michael Christoforidis: Conscripting Carmen as Cinematic and Dance Propaganda for the Spanish Civil War in Germany and the United States of America 7: Laura Miranda: Strengthening Onscreen Ties between Spain and Morocco: Imperio Argentina, Florian Rey, and their Aixa's Song in Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War 8: Yolanda F. Acker: Robeson, Stradivarii, and Loudspeakers: The Radio and Music Broadcasting in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War 9: Ivan Iglesias: Popular Music, Propaganda, and Cosmopolitanism during the Spanish Civil War: Music Hall in Barcelona (1936-1939) Part III. Spanish Local Perspectives and International Relations 10: Enrique Mejias Garcia: Zarzuela and Politics in Spain during the Spanish Civil War 11: Albert Fontelles-Ramonet: The European Tours of Cobla Barcelona (1936-1937): Music and Dance Against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War 12: Francesc Cortes: Cultural and Political Manoeuvres in an Operatic Setting: The Restructuring of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu (1936-1939) 13: Olimpia Garcia-Lopez: Music, Propaganda, and Charity in Seville: Benefit Concerts for Nationalist Causes and in External Relations during the Civil War 14: Eva Moreda Rodriguez: Musicology and/as Propaganda in the Nationalist Side during the Spanish Civil War Part IV. Aftermaths: The Civil War and Beyond 15: Michael Christoforidis: The Composer's Last Sigh: French Ideals, the Homenajes, Suite, and Manuel de Falla's Retreat from Spain 16: Belen Perez Castillo: Tango and Its Dysphoric Narratives in Civil War and Postwar Spanish Prisons 17: Sandie Holguin: The Politics and Propaganda of Flamenco and Antiflamenquismo during the Civil War and Early Franco Regime 18: Walter Aaron Clark, Rooney Josue Hernandez Villanueva, and William Craig Krause: The Zarzuela in Exile: Moreno Torroba's El orgullo de Jalisco and Spanish Cultural Politics in the 1930s and 40s 19: German Gan-Quesada: Amid Echoes and Shadows: The Spanish Civil War and Vicente Salas Viu's Professional Career and Political Orientation during his Early Years in Exile (1936-41)