Introduction

Abstract The introduction situates this book within a historiographical framework and delineates its innovative contributions to the study of music during the Spanish Civil War. The first part explains why analyzing the Civil War through musicological approaches constitutes a relatively new field. The second part examines research trends from the past two decades and discusses how the book aligns with some of these trends, highlighting its most novel aspects: an exploration of various musical genres that have, until now, received limited scholarly attention. These analyses draw on perspectives that connect the global to the local and emphasize the role of the new sound technologies. The introduction concludes with an overview of the four sections of the volume.