Music Theater and Popular Nationalism in Spain, 1880-1930

Download or read book Music Theater and Popular Nationalism in Spain, 1880-1930 written by Clinton D. Young and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overture. Theater music and the problem of Spanish nationalism -- Theatrical and political revolutions in nineteenth-century Spain -- Urban life on the Spanish musical stage -- Staging history, staging national identity -- Regenerationism, Viennese operetta, and Spanish nationalism -- The romance of rural Spain and the failure of the restoration settlement -- Zarzuela and the operatic tradition -- Classicism and historicism