Ars Hispana

In this volume we publish 10 motets for one voice by Francisco Valls (ca. 1671-1747), chapel master of the Barcelona Cathedral between 1696 and 1726. Valls is the author of the treatise Mapa Armónico-...

La gloria de los santos is the only preserved oratorio by Pedro Rabassa, although we know that he composed several. It was premiered in the church of the Congregation of San Felipe Neri of Valencia in...

La soberbia abatida por la humildad de San Miguel is the only surviving oratorio by Francisco Hernández Illana (ca. 1700-1780). The piece was composed in 1727 and premiered in Astorga (Spain). In 1728...

Antonio Rodil was born around 1730 in Spain. He joined the Real Camara of king Joseph I of Portugal as a virtuoso flutist and oboist. In 1774 he played wtih great success in the Marylebone Gardens in...

Luis Misón was born in Mataró (Barcelona) in 1727. He was son of the French flutist Enrique Michon. In addition to being one of the most famous flutist of his time, Misón composed several music for th...

Pedro Anselmo Marchal was a famous French harpsichordist, pianist, composer, teacher and businessman. He became known at the Concerts Spirituels in Paris in 1781. From then on he began to develop his...

Pierre Bucquet was born in France around 1680. His brother, Luis Bucquet, played the oboe in the Guardias Reales of Philipp V from 1716, and then he joined the Royal Chapel in 1729. Pierre Bucquet may...

These volumes are a compilation of villancicos by José de Torres, organist at the Spanish Royal Chapel since 1687, and later on chapelmaster, from 1720 until his death in 1738. Due to the positions he...

We publish in this volume the Harpsichord Quintet by Gaspar Esmit (1767-1819). Esmit was born in Barcelona. He studied in Astorga and then was organist and chapel master in some ecclesiastical centers...

Pedro Anselmo Marchal was a famous French harpsichordist, pianist, composer, teacher and businessman. He became known at the Concerts Spirituels in Paris in 1781. From then on he began to develop his...

We publish in this volume the Concerto for dulcimer by Gaspar Esmit (1767-1819). Esmit was born in Barcelona. He studied in Astorga and then was organist and chapel master in some ecclesiastical cente...

Coronis is one of the last and more ambicious theatre works by Sebastian Duron that have survived to our days. It consists of an entirely sung zarzuela of two hours of duration. The luxurious musical...

In this volume of the collection 'Musica escenica' we publish one of the most important works of the genre that has been called 'zarzuela mitologica' (mythological zarzuela). Apolo y Dafne is an ambit...

We present in the fourth volume of the collection 'Música escénica' the critical edition of the zarzuela Selva encantada de Amor by Sebastián Durón (1660-1716), an edition that is accompanied by the t...

In this volume of the 'Música escénica' collection, we publish the partially sung zarzuela Las nuevas armas de Amor by Sebastián Durón. This zarzuela may have premiered at the Madrid court around 1702...

Vicente Basset was a violinist who worked in Madrid in the middle of 18th century. Around 1740-1750 he played the violin in the Real Orquesta del Coliseo del Buen Retiro during the royal celebrations...

Jacinto Codina Marfá was born in Moyá (Barcelona) during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was appointed as organist of collegiate church of Calaf when he was only 15. Then he worked as or...

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work comprises chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quin...

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work comprises chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quin...

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work comprises chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quin...

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work includes chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quint...

Cayetano (or Gaetano) Brunetti is one of the most important composers of the second half of the 18th century in Spain. His work comprises chamber music (sonatas for violin, duos, trios, quartets, quin...

José Herrando (ca. 1720-1763) was one of the most famous Spanish violinists of his time. Nowadays he is well-known for his violin method and violin works, although he also composed scenic music for th...

Jaime Rosquellas [or Rosquillas] was born in Barcelona in 1738. He was a member of an important family of musicians from XVIII century. In october 1774 Jaime Rosquellas joined the Royal Chapel of Madr...

José Castel (1737? -1807) was a composer who enjoyed great prestige in his time, both for his theatrical music and his sacred music, despite having settled in a peripheral city as Tudela (Navarra). He...