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Federico Moreno Torroba - A Musical Life in Three Acts (Hardcover)
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Federico Moreno Torroba - A Musical Life in Three Acts (Hardcover)
Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
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The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and
impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on
virtually every aspect of Spanish musical culture during a career
which spanned six decades, and saw tremendous political and
cultural upheavals. After Falla, he was the most important and
influential musician: in addition to his creative activities, he
was President of the General Society of Authors and Editors and
director of the Academy of Fine Arts and Teatro Zarzuela. His
enduring contributions as a composer include copious amounts of
guitar music composed for Andres Segovia and several highly
successful zarzuelas which remain in the repertoire today. Written
by two leading experts in the field, Federico Moreno Torroba: A
Musical Life in Three Acts explores not only his life and work, but
also the relationship of his music to the cultural milieu in which
he moved. It sheds particular light on the relationship of
Torroba's music and the cultural politics of Francisco Franco's
dictatorship (1939-75). Torroba came of age in a cultural
renaissance that sought to reassert Spain's position as a unique
cultural entity, and authors Walter A. Clark and William Krause
demonstrate how his work can be understood as a personal, musical
response to these aspirations. Clark and Krause argue that
Torroba's decision to remain in Spain even during the years of
Franco's dictatorship was based primarily not on political ideology
but rather on an unwillingness to leave his native soil. Rather
than abandon Spain to participate in the dynamic musical life
abroad, he continued to compose music that reflected his
conservative view of his national and personal heritage. The
authors contend that this pursuit did not necessitate allegiance to
a particular regime, but rather to the non-political exaltation of
Spain's so-called 'eternal tradition', or the culture and spirit
that had endured throughout Spain's turbulent history. Following
Franco's death in 1975, there was ambivalence towards figures like
Torroba who had made their peace with the dictatorship and paid a
heavy price in terms of their reputation among expatriates.
Moreover, his very conservative musical style made him a target for
the post-war avant-garde, which disdained his highly tonal and
melodic espanolismo. With the demise of high modernism, however,
the time has come for this new, more distanced assessment of
Torroba's contributions. Richly illustrated with figures and music
examples, and with a helpful discography for reference, this
biography brings a fresh perspective on this influential composer
to Latin American and Iberian music scholars, performers, and
lovers of Spanish music alike.
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