Review: Brian Jeffery, España de la guerra. The Spanish Political and Military Songs of the War in Spain 1808 to 1814. London: Tecla Editions, 2017. 417 pp. Appendices, catalogues, bibliography, and index. $36.64 U.S. (cl). ISBN 978-0-9069-5355-6.
Review by Eva Moreda Rodríguez, University of Glasgow.

The book lists "some 200 pieces compiled by Jeffery in the catalogue printed at the end of the book. Most songs were anti-French in nature, celebrating Fernando VII, the British allied army or, more commonly, the patriotism and bravery of the Spanish population. Jeffery also includes a small number of songs in support of Joseph Bonaparte, as well as others composed and published in the UK with the Guerra de la Independencia as a theme....Jeffery engages with the actual words and music of the songs in an illustrative way. He also discusses the contexts in which these songs were performed and heard, drawing on correspondence and memoirs from first-hand witnesses of this period....Jeffery has provided here an invaluable resource for scholars wishing to embark on critical takes on the topic."

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