Ars Hispana

This volume contains an edition of the Ópera armónica al estilo italiano by Antonio Literes Carrión. This work is also known as Los elementos (The Elements). This opera was composed for the Duchess of...

We publish in this volume of 'Música Escénica' a singular work among the production of Francisco Hernández Illana (ca. 1700-1780), chapel master in Burgos Cathedral. It is an opera for 4 voices with v...

We present in this volume of the collection 'Vocal Music' the critical edition of the twelve Cantadas humanas a solo / Cantate da camera a voce sola by Emanuele Rincón de Astorga (1680-1757), publishe...

This volume contains four Lamentations for the Holy Week by Sebastián Durón, chapel master of the Royal Chapel of Madrid. They are preserved in the archive of the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El...

This volume contains the Miserere a 8 and the Pater noster a 8 (1717) composed by Antonio Literes (1673-1747). Both works are written for double choir. The Miserere demands an obbligato cello. In add...

This first volume contains four soprano cantatas, an aria for soprano and a cantata for four voices (SSAT) by José de Nebra (1702-1768), organist and then vicemaestro of the Royal Chapel in Madrid. Th...

We publish in this volume four Marian antiphons, two for soprano and two for alto, composed in 1750 by Francisco Corselli (1705-1778), chapel master of the Royal Chapel in Madrid from 1738 until his d...

This volume contains the two Misereres composed by Sebastián Durón, chapel master of the Royal Chapel in Madrid. Both Misereres are preserved in the archive of the the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo d...

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...

This second volume contains two alto cantatas and three cantatas and an aria aria for soprano by José de Nebra (1702-1768), organist and then vicemaestro of the Royal Chapel in Madrid. The cantata Obe...

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...

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...

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...

The Requiem mass for three choirs with violins and flutes is one of the few preseved works for large ensemble composed by Sebastián Durón. Like in other works by Duron, the instruments are mixed with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...