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Moorish Ballads, and the enticing music of 16th century SpainPlease click here for a description of the evening's format
Drift southwards through time on a warm breeze pregnant with the scents of summer to Moorish Cordoba. TCF cordially invites its friends and supporters to join in an Arabian night at:
Leighton House
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| Composer | Who was he? | Piece | Minutes |
| Andrea Falconieri b Naples, 1585; d Naples, 1656 |
An Italian lutenist who spent his early years in Spain. He was a music teacher at the convent of S Brigida, Genoa, from 1632 but in June 1636 he was denounced by the mother superior for distracting the nuns with his music! He was later appointed maestro di cappella at Naples (which was then under Spanish dominion) and held the post until his death of the plague. | La Suave Melodia (Naples, 1660) violin, lute, viola da gamba |
2.5 |
| Diego Pisador b Salamanca, 1509 d after 1557 |
A Spanish vihuelist and composer. This piece comes from Pisador's anthology Libro de música de vihuela (Salamanca, 1552). Diego was evidently passionate about music, and wrote many spanish songs despite his Father's attempts to stop him. When it came to deciding on whether to bend to his Father's will, or continue with music, the music won over, but Diego lost out on a substantial inheritance! | Romance - 'La mañana de San Juan' voice, guitar |
5 |
| Diego Ortiz b Toledo, c1510; d Naples, c1570 |
A very influential Spanish composer who spent a lot of time in Naples, at a time when it was under Spanish rule. This piece comes from his most famous publication in which he has composed his own wonderfully ornamented versions of popular songs of the period. | Recercada Segunda sopra 'Il Passemezzo' Recercada Quinta sopra 'La Spagna' Recercada Settima sopra 'La Romanesca' viola da gamba, theorbo |
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| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina b probably at Palestrina, 1526; d Rome, 1594 |
One of the towering figures of music in the 16th century. His music came to represent the perfection of the musical style of that period. His style is very clean and balanced - offering ideal material for those composers who wanted to use it as a base for ornamented and decorated versions. Some of his songs (such as this one) were popluar for decades. | 'Vestiva i Colli' ('The hills and Meadows...') voice, lute, viola da gamba |
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| Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde b Cuenca, c1595; fl 1613–38 |
Spanish Augustinian friar, composer and virtuoso bassoonist. He was one of the many composers who wrote specially ornamented versions of Palestrina's beautiful songs. | Divisions on 'Vestiva i colli' violin, lute, viola da gamba |
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| Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger b Venice, c1580; d Rome, Jan 1651 |
Kapsberger was an Italian composer, lutenist, theorbist and guitarist of German descent and enjoyed and very high reputation and social standing. The musical evenings he organized in his house were described as among the wonders of Rome. | Passacaglia for solo lute | 5 |
| Biagio Marini b Brescia, 5 Feb 1594; d Venice, 1663 |
Violinist, music director, and composer in Venice. He was married 3 times, had 5 children, and lived to the ripe old age of 76! | Romanesca (1618) violin, lute, viola da gamba |
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Penelope Spencer
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Amaia Barcena
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Eligio Quinteiro
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Patxi del Amo
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