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Uniting music and poetry in twentieth-century Spain

Title
Uniting music and poetry in twentieth-century Spain / Nelson R. Orringer.
Author
Orringer, Nelson R.
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

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Description
xvii, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
Summary
"In Uniting Music and Poetry in Twentieth-Century Spain, Nelson R. Orringer enriches and deepens interpretations of twentieth-century sung poetry by comparing the original poet's vision to the composer's interpretation. Orringer uses both literary and musical analysis to reveal new understandings and appreciations of poems set to music"--
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Songs > Spain > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Spanish poetry > Spain > Musical settings > History and criticism. > 20th century
  • Music and literature > Spain > History > 20th century
  • Music
  • Music and literature
  • Spain
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index.
Contents
Introduction. An Imperfectly Known Artistic Legacy -- Falla's Four Youthful Experiments in Song -- Glorifying Cordoba : Góngora and Falla -- Joaquín Turina's Musical Sevillanismo in Four Songs -- Frederic Mompou's Art of Dreaming Music in Combat del somni [Dream Combat] -- The Virginal Voice in Eduard Toldrà's Six Songs of Castilian Poetry -- The Absent Dulcinea : Joaquín Rodrigo's Song to Music Itself -- Creative Landscapes of Salamanca in Unamuno and Joaquín Rodrigo -- Montsalvatge's Cinco canciones negras [Five Black Songs] : The Search for Freedom through Music -- Rodolfo Halffter's Canciones sobre Marinero en tierra [Songs on Sailor on Shore] or Nostalgia for a Spain Left Behind -- Conclusions. Silver Age Song Poems in the Era of Recapitulation.
Call Number
JME 21-365
ISBN
  • 9781793630483
  • 1793630488
LCCN
2021004075
OCLC
1221557676
Author
Orringer, Nelson R., author.
Title
Uniting music and poetry in twentieth-century Spain / Nelson R. Orringer.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Orringer, Nelson R., Uniting music and poetry in twentieth-century Spain Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021. 9781793630490 (DLC) 2021004076
Research Call Number
JME 21-365
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