Music in Portugal and Spain

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 Sao Joao d'Arga
• Concluding Observations
• 4. Fado
• An Evening of Fado in Mouraria
• What is Fado?
• Lyrics
• Performance
• Repertoire
• The Fado Icon Amalia Rodrigues
• Origins and Historical Trajectory
• Fado in the Twenty First Century
• 5. Flamenco
• A Session at the Pena Flamenca de Cordoba
• What is Flamenco?
• Repertoire
• Musical Characteristics
• Lyrics
• Origins and Early History
• La Nina de Los Peines
• Revitalization
• New Paths
• Icons of Nuevo Flamenco: Camaron, Enrique Morente and Paco de Lucia
• Flamenco as Heritage
• Glossary
• References
• Resources
• Index