Music, Culture and Society: the public display of the musical and cultural konwledge in contemporary Spain

The current work is a descriptive, systematic and deep study of the popularization of the current musical knowledge in the Spanish culture and society from the end of the Civil War of 1936 up to the beginning of our century.

This study focuses on our countryŽs recent historical perspective on the phenomenon of construction and popularization of the musical knowledge and culture in the contemporary society, a context in wich the mass media have gradually become a constant presence in the daily life of the Spanish people; without the mass media we could not understand the complex sonorous space making up the musical personal preferences of most spanish citizens.

Previous historical and cultural events will help us understand the particular vision and evaluation of the music that has prevailed in our society in the past few years, illustrating the latent relationships between music, culture and the mass media as an informal way of transmiting the musical knowledge to the people, of sharing it with them.

CONTENIDO:

Introduction
Chapter one: Music and its multifaceted nature

Chapter two: Events that preceded the popularization of musical culture in Spain.
- The popularization of music in Spanish culture
- The diffusion of the Spanish musical culture during the pro-Franco period (1939-1975)
- The 1939-1960 period
- The musical environment of the postwar period
- The pasodoble, and identity mark of Spanish popular music
- The couplet and its studied use in the Franco period
- The popularization of folk music on the radio and in the movies
- The 1960-1975 period
- The social popularization of folk music
- The author song
- The social popularization of "classical" music

Chapter three: The popularization of musical culture in Spain in recent years
- Spanish musical culture during the transition to democracy (1975-1982)
- The social ciruculation of folk music
- The social popularization of "classical" music
- The popularization of Spanish musical culture during the democratic period (from 1982 to the present time)
- The social popularization of folk music
- The popularization of music on TV and in the movies
- Mass media advertising
- An attempt to decode current music in TV programs
- Radio broadcasts: environment and popularization of the musical content in radio programs and in advertising
- The presence and popularization of the musical in the written press
- The Network Internet
- The social popularization of "classical" music

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