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Music and Nineteenth-Century Liberalism in the Ibero-American Atlantic Space

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History: 18th19th Century

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  • ISBN 9781807580384
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Liberalism—in its political, economic, and ethical forms—shaped the 19th-century Western world. Rooted in philosophy and expressed through economic and political systems, liberalism was complex and often contradictory. This book explores the influence of liberalism on music in Portugal, Spain, and Latin America—regions where liberalism evolved amid conflict that left deep cultural marks. Rather than focusing on nation-states, the authors trace the circulation of music across borders and highlight cultural exchanges during pivotal moments such as the “Atlantic crises” (after 1807-08) and the revolutionary cycle of 1820–1823. Through operas, zarzuelas, the press, wind and brass bands, as well as debates on slavery, they reveal how liberalism was performed and imagined, offering a fresh perspective on music and ideology.
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Luísa Cymbron is a professor of Music History at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). She has directed CESEM (the Centre for Music Studies) since 2023. Her research on 19th-century Portuguese music was groundbreaking. Her 2012 book Olhares sobre a música em Portugal no século XIX is the first to provide in-depth analyses of various aspects of 19th-century music in Portugal, while Francisco de Sá Noronha’s Biography (2019) explores the musical relations between Portugal and Brazil. Since 2020, she has edited two further books, and her current research focuses particularly on the history of music in the Atlantic region.