John Brande Trend, or J.B. Trend (1887–1958), was a British

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and the first Professor of

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at the

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. Born in

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, Trend was educated at

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, where he won an

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to take the

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. After serving in continental Europe during the

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, he developed a keen interest in Spanish and the

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. In 1933 he was appointed to the first Chair in Spanish at Cambridge. His areas of expertise included a wide variety of topics, and he was known for such general works as his ''The Origins of Modern Spain'' (1934) and ''The Civilization of Spain'' (1944). He wrote on the composer

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20t ...

, with whom Trend corresponded regularly, and he was the author of the first critical study of Falla's work in English: ''Manuel de Falla and Spanish Music'' (1929).

Publication List

* ''A Picture of Modern Spain: Men and Music'', 1921. * ''Luis Milan and the Vihuelistas'', Oxford University Press, 1925. * ''Alfonso the Sage and Other Essays'', Constable, 1926. * ''Spanish Short Stories of the Sixteenth Century in Contemporary Translations'', Oxford University Press, 1928. * ''Manuel de Falla and Spanish Music'', Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. * ''The Origins of Modern Spain'', 1934. * ''Mexico, A New Spain with Old Friends'', Cambridge University Press, 1940. * ''South America, with Mexico and Central America'', Oxford University Press, 1931. * ''The Civilization of Spain'', Oxford University Press, 1944. * ''Bolivar and the Independence of Spanish America'', Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. * ''Juan Ramon Jimenez: Fifty Spanish Poems (English Translations)'', The Dolphin Book Co, 1950. * ''Eleven Essays on Spain, Portugal and Brasil'', R.I. Severs, 1951. * ''Unamuno, R. I Severs'', 1951. (Pamphlet) * ''Federico García Lorca'', R.I. Severs, 1951. (Pamphlet) * ''Alfonso Reyes'', R.I. Severs, 1952. (Pamphlet) * ''Berceo'', 1952. (Pamphlet) * ''The Language and History of Spain'', Hutchinson's University Library, 1953. * ''The Poetry of San Juan de la Cruz'', 1953. * ''Antonio Machado'', Dophin Book Co, 1953. * ''Cervantes in Arcadia'', R.I. Severs, 1954. * ''Modern Poetry from Brazil'', 1955. (Pamphlet) * ''Lorca and the Spanish Poetic Tradition'', 1956. * ''Portugal'', Praeger, 1958.

External links

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Manuel de Falla Official Site
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