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Spanish Musical Responses to Moroccan Immigration and the Cultural Memory of al-Andalus

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

MACHIN-AUTENRIETH, MATTHEW 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThe notion of a shared history across the Mediterranean is central to a number of Spanish-Moroccan musical collaborations, which draw on the notion ofjats:italicconvivencia</jats:italic>: the alleged peaceful coexistence between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in medieval Spain. In this article, I explore the relationship between a ‘musical’jats:italicconvivencia</jats:italic>and Moroccan immigration in Spain, focusing on two prominent case studies:jats:italicMacama jonda</jats:italic>(1983) andjats:italicInmigración</jats:italic>(2003). Spanning a twenty-year period, I argue that these two productions illustrate shifting responses to Moroccan immigration at distinct historical moments: the post-Franco era and post-9/11. These two productions illustrate the malleability of thejats:italicconvivencia</jats:italic>myth, employing it for distinct social and political purposes. I argue thatjats:italicMacama jonda</jats:italic>andjats:italicInmigración</jats:italic>should be read as products of shifting political and cultural relations between Spain and Morocco, and Spain's negotiation of its Muslim past.</jats:p>

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Keywords

3603 Music, 36 Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Title

Twentieth-Century Music

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Journal ISSN

1478-5722
1478-5730

Volume Title

16

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Sponsorship
Leverhulme Trust (ECF-2014-509)
Isaac Newton Trust (Minute 1408(i))
European Research Council (758221)
Leverhulme Trust