Ars Hispana

José de Nebra was born in Calatayud in 1702. At the age of 17 he was already working in Madrid as organist at the Monastery of the Descalzas Reales. In the 1720s he began to compose for Madrid's publi...

We have published in these volumes sacred works by the famous harpist and composer Juan Hidalgo Polanco (1614-1685). The present volume contains tonos or villancicos for one, two, three and four voice...

The mass «a la moda francesa» by Sebastián Durón was composed probably during the first years of the 18th century. It could be composed to please the new Borbon king, Philip V, after his accession to...

We publish in these volumes the sacred works in Romance language by Sebastián Durón. They include villancicos, cantadas, tonos and tonadas written for diverse feasts, mainly for the Holy Sacrament, Ch...

The Mass «a la moda valenciana» by Sebastián Durón is written for 10 voices distributed in three choirs. The first choir is for two soloists sopranos. Precisely, the epigraph «a la moda valenciana» se...

Although Antonio Literes is mainly known for his theatre music, we know that he composed abundant religious music for the Royal Chapel in Madrid, as witnessed, for example, by the works preserved in t...

José de Nebra was born in Calatayud in 1702. At the age of 17 he was already working in Madrid as organist at the Monastery of the Descalzas Reales. In the 1720s he began to compose for Madrid's publi...

With this volume we begin the edition of the great Latin sacred works by José de Torres (ca. 1670-1738), organist and then chapel master of the Royal Chapel of Madrid. The Laetatus sum a 5 «sobre los...

We publish in this collection the villancicos and cantatas al Santísimo by Francisco Corselli (1705-1778), chapelmaster of the Royal Chapel of Madrid. Each volume includes cantatas for a solo voice -s...

We have published in these volumes sacred works by the famous harpist and composer Juan Hidalgo Polanco (1614-1685). The present volume contains tonos or villancicos for one, two, three and four voice...

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...

Tarquinio Merula was born in 1595 in Busetto (Parma). From a young age he was connected to the city of Cremona, a city which was then part of the Spanish Duchy of Milan, and where he would reside most...

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...