Music in Spain during the Eighteenth Century [Hardcover]

This 1998 volume contains essays on Spanish music in the eighteenth-century.This volume of essays on Spanish music in the eighteenth century covers stage genres, orchestral and instrumental music and vocal music (both sacred and secular). Traditional musicology has tended to see the Spanish eighteenth century as a period of decline, but this volume shows it to be rich in interest and achievement, and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Spanish music of the period and that of other countries, Italy and Austria in particular.This volume of essays on Spanish music in the eighteenth century covers stage genres, orchestral and instrumental music and vocal music (both sacred and secular). Traditional musicology has tended to see the Spanish eighteenth century as a period of decline, but this volume shows it to be rich in interest and achievement, and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Spanish music of the period and that of other countries, Italy and Austria in particular.This volume of essays on Spanish music in the eighteenth century covers stage genres, orchestral and instrumental music and vocal music (both sacred and secular). Traditional musicology has tended to see the Spanish eighteenth century as a period of decline, but this volume shows it to be rich in interest and achievement, and offers a new perspective on the relationship between Spanish music of the period and that of other countries, Italy and Austria in particular.Preface; 1. Introduction Juan Jos? Carreras; Part I. Music in the Theatre: 2. From Literes to Nebra: Spanish dramatic music between tradition and modernity Juan Jos? Carreras; 3. Opera and ballet in public theatres of the Iberian peninsula Xo?n M. Carreira; 4. Financial management at the Teatro de los Ca?os del Peral, 178699 Michael F. Robinson; Part II. Vocal Music, Sacred and Secular: 5. Liturgical music with orchestra, 17501800 Jos? V. Gonz?lez Valle; 6. Italianate sections in the villancicos of the royal“õ