Transcript Music of the Spanish civil war

Intro
• People from both sides of the
war brought together folk
songs and anthems which soon
were adopted into marching
songs or just songs to sing for
fun
• through music, composers,
expressed a distinct debt to
Spanish identity at this time
El Himno de Riego
• This was the national anthem of
the Second Spanish Republic(La
Segunda República Española)
-This anthem was named in
honor of Colonel Rafael del
Riego, a Spanish General
Jarama Valley
• This was a song inspired by a key
battle of Spanish Civil War
-This battle took the lives of 150
members of the British Battalion
of the International Brigades in
February 1937
-Has been sung by many antifascists for generations
The Ebony Band
• This band is an example
of a collective group of
musicians from Holland
that performed songs
that were written
during the Spanish Civil
war
• Also, poetry and some
traditional songs sung
by people involved in the
war are included
Works Cited
• Botstein, Leon. "The Context of Music: The
Spanish Civil War." American Symphony
Orchestra. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2013.
• Juerk, Thom. "Music from the Spanish Civil
War by Ebony Band on AllMusic." AllMusic.
N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2013.
• Jump, Jim. "People's World." Billy Bragg
and Maxine Peake: Jarama
Valley/Brigadista » Peoplesworld. N.p., 25
Apr. 2012. Web. 08 Apr. 2013.
• "Songs of the Spanish Civil War." Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 08
Apr. 2013.