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"From the exhilarating impact of Isaac Albeniz at the beginning of the century to today's complex and adventurous avant-garde, this complete interpretive history introduces twentieth-century Spanish music to English-speaking readers. With graceful authority, Tomas Marco, award-winning composer, critic, and bright light of Spanish music since the 1960s, covers the entire spectrum of composers and their works: trends and movements, critical and popular reception, national institutions, influences from Europe and beyond, and the effect of such historic events as the Spanish Civil War and the death of Franco. Marco's penetrating aesthetic critiques are threaded throughout each phase of this rich account." "Marco provides detailed coverage of the key figures, including a chapter devoted entirely to Manuel de Falla - Spain's most celebrated twentieth-century composer - and a panoramic survey of recent arrivals on the contemporary music scene. Exploring the rise and fall of the zarzuela, the author highlights innovative works in this authentic Spanish genre. He analyzes the attempts to find an audience for Spanish opera; demonstrates the flowering of symphonic and chamber music at the beg
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- Author
- Tomás Marco
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674831025
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Music, Arts
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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