Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450–1800

The Villancico and Related Genres

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Alvaro Torrente

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From the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, devotional music played a fundamental role in the Iberian world. Songs in the vernacular, usually referred to by the generic name of 'villancico', but including forms as varied as madrigals, ensaladas, tonos, cantatas or even oratorios, were regularly performed at many religious feasts in major churches, royal and private chapels, convents and in monasteries. These compositions appear to have progressively fulfilled or supplemented the role occupied by the Latin motet in other countries and, as they were often composed anew for each celebration, the surviving sources vastly outnumber those of Latin compositions; they can be counted in tens of thousands. The close relationship with secular genres, both musical, literary and performative, turned these compositions into a major vehicle for dissemination of vernacular styles throughout the Iberian world. This model of musical production was also cultivated in Portugal and rapidly exported to the Spanish and Portuguese colonies in America and Asia. In many cases, the villancico repertory represents the oldest surviving source of music produced in these regions, thus affording it a primary role in the construction of national identities. The sixteen essays in this volume explore the development of devotional music in the Iberian world in this period, providing the first broad-based survey of this important genre.

Author Biography:

Tess Knighton is a Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge, UK. Alvaro Torrente is Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Tess Knighton, Alvaro Torrente, Pepe Rey, Alberto del Rio, Andrea Bombi, Pablo-L. Rodriguez, Rui Cabral Lopes, Janet Hathaway, Alain Begue, Pilar Ramos Lopez, Benoit Michel, Maria Gembero Ustarroz, David Irving, Geoffrey Baker, Bernardo Illari.

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September 28th, 2007

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Alvaro Torrente

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Edited by Tess Knighton

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512

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9780754658412

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6396934

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