La Música de Al-Andalus
La Nuba Garnatà de Tlemecen (Argelia)Ensemble Awtar-Tilimsem
There is a very significant fragment of the poem written by Ismá'il b. Bard when he asked 'Abd al-Hamid b. Basil for a lute, and was given an old instrument: You were very generous to send me a lute that belonged to the family of al-Waid. Generation after generation mended it with their hands. It is Co me like a lute of mosaic. The spiders wove over it for they thought it a vestige of a building in ruins. This lute is like effaced lines, like the remains of the ink of beautiful calligraphy. (AI-Kattáni (1029): Kitab al-tasbihiát mi...+ info
I Concurso de
Granada, 1922Varios
There can be no doubt that the Cante Jondo contest held in Granada during the Corpus celebrations on 13 and 14 June 1922 was an important milestone in the history of flamenco, although some scholars, looking back on it from our current perspective, question the timeliness of its celebration, the organisational model and its restrictive rules. It is true that almost a century later, and having witnessed the course that flamenco has taken over this long journey, some of the premises on which the contest was based could be considered exceedingly alarmist –especially that the purest forms of...+ info
Missa Mille Regretz
Cristobal de MoralesThe Hilliard Ensemble
The "Mille Regretz" Mass by Morales There are three printed sources of this Mass. The oldest is dated 1544 and comes from Rome; the second, printed in 1545, from Lyon and finally, that of 1568 is from Wittenberg. There is also a manuscript of the work in the Sistine Chapel in Rome which appears to coincide with the Wittenberg edition. Here, the "Mille Regretz" mass is attributed to the composer Thomas Crecquillon. In Spain there are five ancient copies of this Mass. They can be found in Barcelona (Cataluña and Orfeón Catalán Libraries), Madrid (Medinaceli Libra...+ info
Nuevo Disco: OBRAS PARA VIOLONCELLO Y PIANO. TRÃOS 1 Y 2. MANUEL CASTILLO
Almaviva
Almaviva aims to highlight the workof such illustrious Andalusians as Manuel de Falla and Joaquín Turina.
Edited
Junta de Andalucía. Consejería de Cultura
Coordinated
Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía
Produced
Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales
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