Tonadilla in Performance Lyric Comedy in Enlightenment Spain

"There is far too much in this amazing book to describe in a blurb. Suffice it to say that Elisabeth Le Guin has immersed herself in the little-known world of the late eighteenth-century tonadilla and honors it by giving us a wonderfully rich picture of place, genre, and period that encompasses questions of comedy, song, historiography, nationalism, gender, the practicalities of performance, and the disadvantages of an overarching theory." —Mary Hunter, author of The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna



"This book attests to a true love for musical theatre. Elisabeth Le Guin achieves what no modern scholar has so far: she makes the tonadillas hers. The Tonadilla in Performance offers a sound understanding of Spanish culture and a rare insight into this repertoire." —Germán Labrador López de Azcona, Professor of Music at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

About the author

Elisabeth Le Guin is Professor of Musicology at UCLA and author of Boccherini’s Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology.

Summary

The tonadilla, a satiric musical skit popular on the public stages of Madrid during the late Enlightenment, has played a significant role in the history of music in Spain. This book examines the musical, theatrical, and social worlds that the tonadilla brought together, and their lasting influence the historiography of Spanish music.

Product details

• Authors: Le Guin, Elisabeth Le Guin, Elisabeth Le Guin
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.11.2013
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music
• EAN: 9780520276307
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27630-7
• Pages: 408
• Subjects: Spain; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional; Folk & traditional music; Folk, Folkloric styles; Traditional and folk music