Sonorous concerts in Italian style

the new Hispanic orchestral music in the beginnings of its history

Authors

  • Evguenia Roubina National Autonomous University of Mexico, National School of Music, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Paulo Castagna São Paulo State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.54866

Keywords:

New Spain, orchestral Music, R. Lamain, I. Jerusalem

Abstract

The Orchestral Music of the Viceroyalty of New Spain constitutes one of the aspects of Mexico’s Art History that until now has not been brought to light by specialized publications. This paper presents some of the research advances around this cultural and artistic phenomena obtained by the author during almost a decade. This work places the inaugural period of the Symphonic Movement in the Viceroyalty and points to its principal protagonists. The relationship between different genders for instrumental ensembles with the cathedral, theatrical and palatial environments and the specific functions in each of them are established with the help of authentic primary sources, mostly not published, contributes to the understanding of the meanings and social roles that the Orchestral Music in the 18th Century had in New Spain, Spain and in other Latin American Countries.

Author Biographies

  • Evguenia Roubina, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National School of Music, Mexico City, Mexico

    Evguenia Roubina, a Belarusian-born Mexican cellist and researcher, holds a PhD in Art Sciences from the State Conservatory of St. Petersburg (Russia). She is a full professor at the National School of Music (National Autonomous University of Mexico), where she is part of the interdisciplinary training group. She is a member of the National System of Researchers and a founding member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Art, Technology, and Humanities. Her work in the field of music history in Mexico has been awarded the Robert Stevenson Prize for Musicology and Research in Latin American Music 2000-2001 (Washington), received an honorable mention in the First International Gourmet Musical Research Competition on Latin American Music (Buenos Aires, 2003), received an honorable mention in the ninth edition of the Casa de las Américas Musicology Prize (Havana, 2003), and won the Samuel Claro Valdés Latin American Musicology Prize 2004 (Chile).

  • Paulo Castagna , São Paulo State University

    Paulo Castagna holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from ECA/USP and a PhD from FFLCH/USP. He has been a scholarship recipient from CNPq, FUNARTE, FAPESP, and VITAE, and is currently a Productivity Scholar at CNPq. He has been producing scores, books, and articles in the field of historical musicology, as well as courses, conferences, and radio and television programs, while also coordinating musicological research for CD recordings. He has been a professor and researcher at the Institute of Arts of UNESP since 1994, working in the Graduate Program in Music and coordinating the research group “Brazilian Historical Musicology,” registered with CNPq. He coordinated the Organization and Cataloging Team of the Music Section of the Archdiocesan Archive of São Paulo (1987-1999), the Musicological Team of the Brazilian Music Collection Project / Restoration and Diffusion of Scores (Fundarq/Santa Rosa Bureau Cultural/Petrobras, Belo Horizonte - MG), and the Minas Gerais Archival-Musical Heritage Project (Minas Gerais State Department of Culture, 2007-2008), having been a tutor for the Special Training Program (PET) at IA/UNESP (2000-2004). He has participated in musicology meetings in Latin America, Europe, and the United States, and has coordinated more than ten international musicology meetings.

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“Sonorous Concerts in Italian Style: The New Hispanic Orchestral Music in the Beginnings of Its History”. 2008. Per Musi, no. 17 (January): 7-17. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.54866.