Music Criticism and Music Critics in Early Francoist Spain

Eva Moreda Rodríguez (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2017
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-021586-6 (ISBN)

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The early years of the Franco regime saw the formation of a strong governmental propaganda apparatus. Through expansive press laws that solidified state control over public and private media outlets alike, the Franco government directly influenced what information was made available to the public. While music critics and journalists were by no means free from government control and direction, music criticism under the Franco regime did not adhere to any official party "line" on music. Indeed, music criticism often demonstrated a diversity of opinion and ideological belief that runs counter to many common assumptions about journalism under fascist regimes.

In Music Criticism and Music Critics in Early Francoist Spain, Eva Moreda Rodríguez presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of the diverse and often divergent writings of music critics in the early years of the Franco regime. Although she does not shy away from the thorny issues of propaganda and censorship, Moreda Rodríguez considers other factors that shaped the journalistic discourse surrounding music. Political rivalries, ideological diversity within musical "conservatism," as well as the explicit and implicit expectations of the Franco government all influenced the diverse landscape of music criticism. Moreover, the central issues that music critics were concerned with during Francoism's early years-modernist music, Spanish early music, traditional music, and music's role in organizing the state-had already been at the center of debates within the press for several decades. Carefully selecting contemporary writings by well-known music critics, Moreda Rodríguez contextualizes music criticism written during the Franco regime within the broader intellectual history of Spain from the nineteenth century onwards. The first critical study of the musical press of Francoist Spain in the broader cultural and social fabric of the regime, Music Criticism and Music Critics in Early Francoist Spain is an essential resource for musicologists interested in 20th-century Spain, as well as Hispanists interested in the early Franco regime.

Eva Moreda Rodríguez specializes in the political and cultural history of Spanish music during the 20th century. She has published on topics such as Hispanic-German music festivals during the Second World War, the rehabilitation of exiled composers in Francoist Spain, and Spanish music in Britain during the First World War. She holds a PhD from Royal Holloway College, University of London, and currently works at the University of Glasgow.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. How to be a music critic in 1940s Spain. Expectations and restrictions
Chapter 2. Reviewing contemporary music
Chapter 3. The sound of Hispanidad: reviewing early music
Chapter 4. Reviewing traditional music: towards the unity of the men and the land of Spain
Conclusion
Appendix I. Publications, 1939-1951
Appendix II. Music critics
References

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 160 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-10	0-19-021586-0 / 0190215860
ISBN-13	978-0-19-021586-6 / 9780190215866
Zustand	Neuware