Books Received Diagonal has received several publications of genuine interest and importance, and below you will find a summary and evaluation of their contents. All deal with Spanish music and are by Spanish scholars. They provide abundant evidence of a flourishing of musicology in Spain, in terms of both the impressive range of subjects undertaken and also the methodological sophistication employed to examine them. Topics here range from the eighteenth-century tonadilla escénica and

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... entury cuplé to music criticism in the Edad de Plata, music and dance under Franco, and the malagueña, in all its various facets. This brief overview should leave one feeling encouraged by the notable progress that has been made in fleshing out a long and rich heritage, as well as by the numerous possibilities that remain for groundbreaking research.