Canciones de nuestra vida

Synopsis of Canciones de nuestra vida

«Canciones de nuestra vida» is Manuel Román's essay on Spanish popular music, published by Alianza in hardcover (541 pages, in Spanish).

The essay surveys twentieth-century Spanish popular music through representative songs and voices, from Antonio Machín to Julio Iglesias. It places these repertoires in their cultural context, explains their evolution, and analyzes the impact and meaning they had on Spanish society.

First edition published in 1994; the work includes bibliography, index, and discography.

For readers interested in the history of Spanish popular music and its twentieth-century performers.