"...Cambridge University Press has produced a handsome, easy-to-read volume. with crisp music examples. This is a book that will be read and consulted for years to come, a winning addition to the growing literature on Spanish music." Paul R. Laird, Notes

• Preface; 1. Introduction Juan José Carreras; Part I. Music in the Theatre: 2. From Literes to Nebra: Spanish dramatic music between tradition and modernity Juan José Carreras; 3. Opera and ballet in public theatres of the Iberian peninsula Xoán M. Carreira; 4. Financial management at the Teatro de los Caños del Peral, 1786–99 Michael F. Robinson; Part II. Vocal Music, Sacred and Secular: 5. Liturgical music with orchestra, 1750–1800 José V. González Valle; 6. Italianate sections in the villancicos of the royal chapel, 1700–40 Álvaro Torrente; 7. An unknown repertory: the cantatas of Jayme de la Tê y Sagau (Lisbon, 1715–26) Gerhard Doderer; 8. Spanish cantatas in the Mackworth collection at Cardiff Juan José Carreras; Part III. Symphonic Music: 9. Austrian symphonies in the Royal Palace, Madrid David Wyn Jones; 10. Iberian symphonism, 1779–1809: some observations Teresa Cascudo; 11. The symphony in Catalonia, c. 1760–1808 Josep M. Vilar i Torrens; Part IV. Instrumental Music: 12. Musical instruments: tradition and innovation Cristina Bordas; 13. 'El diablo vestido de fraile': some unpublished correspondence of Padre Soler George Truett Hollis; 14. The Villahermosa manuscript: an important source of late eighteenth-century Spanish keyboard music Benjamin Lipkowitz; 15. Some unpublished works of José Elías Agueda Pedrero-Encabo; 16. The rise of the modern guitar in Spain Javier Suárez-Pajares; Part V. Spanish Music in the New World: 17. Cathedral music in Spanish America Alfred E. Lemmon; 18. Eighteenth-century Spanish music in Mexico Jaime González-Quiñones; Index.