Manuel de Falla and Modernism in Spain, 1898-1936
344 pages, 8 halftones, 21 musical examples, 8 tables 6 x 9
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2001
Cloth $65.00
ISBN: 9780226330389
Published January 2002
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Falla and Constructions of Spanish Music The Issues 2. Spanish Music between 1898 and the Great War Falla in Madrid, 1898-1907 Falla in France, 1907-14 3. The Great War and the Ideology of Neoclassicism in Spain Competing "Obsessions": Andalucismo and the Modern French School Taking Sides: Falla as Aliadófilo Debussy in Spain 4. The Aesthetics of Españolismo and Diaghilev's Reading of Spain: The Evolution of The Three-Cornered Hat El corregidor y la molinera From Pantomime to Ballet: A New Reading of Spain 5. The Three-Cornered Hat and Its Spanish Critics Españolismo and the Black Legend The "Rebellion of Reality" and Dehumanized Art "Melancholy, Humble Voices" and the Aesthetic of Manuel Azaña 6. Stravinsky in Spain, 1921-25 Spain, Russia, and the "East" Retreat from the "East": Pulcinella, the Past, and a New Nationalism 7. El retablo de Maese Pedro: Falla's Reading of the Quijote Slapstick and Sublime Madness Quijotismo and Falla's El retablo 8. Universalism and Spanish Religious Identity: Falla's Harpsichord Concerto Toward the Tradition of Victoria and Cabezón The Death of "Guilty Sensuality": Falla's Harpsichord Concerto and Spanish Mysticism 9. At the Height of the Silver Age Literary Currents, Youth, and Utopian Universalism Falla in Republican Spain: "Pure Ideals", Error, and the "Brutal Magic" of Revolutions Appendix 1. Chronology of Spanish History, 1874-1975 Appendix 2. General-Readership Publications with Regular Reporting on Music in Pre-Civil War Spain, Madrid and Barcelona, Eighteenth through Twentieth Centuries Appendix 3. The Musical Press, Madrid and Barcelona, 1850-1940 Appendix 4. Theatrical Collaborations between Falla and the Martinez Sierras Appendix 5. The Ballets Russes in Spain during World War I Appendix 6. Stravinsky's Visits to Spain, 1916-36: Performances and Repertory Appendix 7. Representative Early Performances of El retablo de Maese Pedro Appendix 8. Musical Realizations of the Quijote, Eighteenth through Twentieth Centuries Bibliography Credits Index
Awards
- Deems Taylor Award
- Robert Motherwell Book Award
Honorable Mention
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