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.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Diego Alonso and Michael ChristoforidisPart 1. International Engagement and Solidarity1. The Soviet Cultural Offensive in Republican Spain, 1931-1939, Daniel Kowalsky2. "High overhead some meaningless bullets are singing": Sound, Propaganda, and Truth in George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, Luis Velasco-Pufleau3. New Perspectives on Hanns Eisler and the Spanish Civil War, Diego Alonso4. The Music Band of the Condor Legion in Wartime Spain, Manfred Heidler5. "The Last Great Cause": The Spanish Civil War and Classical Music in the United States, Carol A. HessPart 2. Mass Media and Cosmopolitan Musics6. Conscripting Carmen as Cinematic and Dance Propaganda for the Spanish Civil War in Germany and the United States of America, Elizabeth Kertesz and Michael Christoforidis7. Strengthening Onscreen Ties between Spain and Morocco: Imperio Argentina, Florián Rey, and their Aixa's Song in Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War, Laura Miranda8. Robeson, Stradivarii, and Loudspeakers: The Radio and Music Broadcasting in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War, Yolanda F. Acker9. Popular Music, Propaganda, and Cosmopolitanism during the Spanish Civil War: Music Hall in Barcelona (1936-1939), Iván IglesiasPart III. Spanish Local Perspectives and International Relations10. Zarzuela and Politics in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Enrique Mejías García11. The European Tours of Cobla Barcelona (1936-1937): Music and Dance Against Fascism during the Spanish Civil War, Albert Fontelles-Ramonet12. Cultural and Political Manoeuvres in an Operatic Setting: The Restructuring of Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu (1936-1939), Francesc Cortès13. Music, Propaganda, and Charity in Seville: Benefit Concerts for Nationalist Causes and in External Relations during the Civil War, Olimpia García-López14. Musicology and/as Propaganda in the Nationalist Side during the Spanish Civil War, Eva Moreda RodríguezPart IV. Aftermaths: The Civil War and Beyond15. The Composer's Last Sigh: French Ideals, the Homenajes, Suite, and Manuel de Falla's Retreat from Spain, Michael Christoforidis16. Tango and Its Dysphoric Narratives in Civil War and Postwar Spanish Prisons, Belén Pérez Castillo17. The Politics and Propaganda of Flamenco and Antiflamenquismo during the Civil War and Early Franco Regime, Sandie Holguín18. The Zarzuela in Exile: Moreno Torroba's El orgullo de Jalisco and Spanish Cultural Politics in the 1930s and 40s, Walter Aaron Clark, Rooney Josué Hernández Villanueva, and William Craig Krause19. 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), Germán Gan-Quesada
