# John Brande Trend

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British Hispanist and the first Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge

**John Brande Trend**, or **J.B. Trend** (1887–1958), was a British [Hispanist](/source/Hispanist) and the first Professor of [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).

Born in [Southampton](/source/Southampton), Trend was educated at [Christ's College, Cambridge](/source/Christ's_College%2C_Cambridge), where he won an [Exhibition](/source/Exhibition_(scholarship)) to take the [Natural Science](/source/Natural_Science) [Tripos](/source/Tripos). After serving in continental Europe during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), he developed a keen interest in Spanish and the [historiography](/source/Historiography) of [Spanish music](/source/Music_of_Spain).

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](/source/Manuel_de_Falla), 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

- "John Brande Trend". *[The Musical Times](/source/The_Musical_Times)*. **99** (1384): 331–2. 1958. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0027-4666](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0027-4666). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [938415](https://www.jstor.org/stable/938415).

- [Manuel de Falla Official Site](http://www.manueldefalla.com/)

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