Music in Portugal and Spain Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

by El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Salwa; Moreno Fernández, Susana

• ISBN13: 9780199920617
• ISBN10: 0199920613
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2018-04-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Ideal for introductory undergraduate courses in world music or ethnomusicology and for upper-level courses on music of the Iberian Peninsula, Music in Portugal and Spain: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture introduces students to the diverse musical cultures of these two Iberian countries. This unique text engages students with the sounds and meanings of Portuguese and Spanish musics that thrive in local and transnational communities. The book characterizes selected musical genres, styles, and practices, and examines the main themes and issues that undergird them. Separate chapters are devoted to fado and flamenco, focusing on repertoire, musical characteristics, historical trajectories, iconic figures, and current trends. Christian, Muslim, and Jewish legacies, and the musical repercussions of the colonial expansion of Portugal and Spain are also discussed. Throughout the chapters, the authors show how the social, cultural, and political environments contribute to shaping music and its meanings and how music and dance are used to construct, vindicate, and articulate region and nation. The authors also engage the reader in fiestas in Portugal and Spain through case studies, showing how music is central in these ritualized social events.

Author Biography

Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Director of the Institute of Ethnomusicology-Center for Music and Dance (INET-md) at the New University of Lisbon in Portugal. She is the editor of the four-volume Encyclopedia of Music in Twentieth Century Portugal. She is currently the President of the International Council for Traditional Music.


Susana Moreno Fernández is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Valladolid in Spain. She is a member of the board of directors of the two major Spanish scholarly societies in music, SIBE-Sociedad de Etnomusicología and SEdeM-Sociedad Española de Musicología.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
CD Track List

1. Portugal, Spain and the World
The Setting
A Glimpse at Iberian Music and Dance
The jota
The vira
The romance
Historical Trajectories on the Iberian Peninsula
A Shared Heterogeneous Early History
Maritime Expansion
From Authoritarian Regimes to Democracy

2. The Construction of Region and Nation through Music and Dance
Nineteenth Century Nationalism and Regionalism
The Sardana: The "National Dance" of Catalonia
Dictatorships, Nationalism and Expressive Culture
Music and Dance Traditions in Democracy
Singing Alentejo
Staging Cantabrian Identity
Piping in Galicia and Terras de Miranda do Douro

3. Music in Fiestas
The World of Fiestas in Portugal and Spain
The Fiestas de San Juan de Soria
The Romaria de São João d'Arga
Concluding Observations

4. Fado
An Evening of Fado in Mouraria
What is Fado?
Lyrics
Performance
Repertoire
The Fado Icon Amália Rodrigues
Origins and Historical Trajectory
Fado in the Twenty First Century

5. Flamenco
A Session at the Peña Flamenca de Córdoba
What is Flamenco?
Repertoire
Musical Characteristics
Lyrics
Origins and Early History
La Niña de Los Peines
Revitalization
New Paths
Icons of Nuevo Flamenco: Camarón, Enrique Morente and Paco de Lucía
Flamenco as Heritage

Glossary
References
Resources
Index