Download or read book Discordant Notes written by Samuel Llano and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a study of Madrid (1850-1930), Discordant Notes argues that sound, noise, street music and flamenco have played a key role in structuring the transition to modernity by helping to negotiate social attitudes and legal responses to fundamental problems such as poverty, insalubrity, and crime.