Music and Modernity in Enlightenment Spain

By showing how music intersected with wider cultural affairs, such as philosophy and criticism, this book connects music and the modern in eighteenth—century Spain within the context of Enlightenment thought.

Histories of modern Europe often present late eighteenth—century Spain as a backward place struggling to keep pace with modernity. During the reign of Charles III (1759—1788), Spain pushed for economic and cultural modernization, but encountered resistance from members of the public and...