Spanish Music of the Golden Age (Suite II)

Spanish Music of the Golden Age (1600-1700)

1.- Zarabanda (anonymous)
2.- Marizapalos (Francisco Guerau)
3.- Tarantela (anonymous)

Performers:
The Extempore String Ensemble
-William Thorp: violin, guitar
-Rosemary Thorndycraft: bass viol, harp
-Sally Owen: spinet, tenor viol, tambourine
-Robin Jeffrey: guitar, theorbo
-George Weigand (director): bandurrias, lutes, vandola, harp

Among the most common dances for the theatre were: the zarabanda, marizapalos, tarentela, hachas, folias, villano, matachin and chacona. Both the zarabanda and chacona were reputed to have been originally Indian dances brought back to Spain from the New World. Fray Diego Duran, a priest from Seville living in Mexico, wrote in 1579 about a lascivious Indian dance, the cuecueheuycatl which he thought very similar to "that zarabanda danced by our naturales" (creoles of Spanish descent born in Mexico). Cervantes, who used zarabandas and other dances in his plays, suggests, however, that it was invented in Hell. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries it was a light, quick dance which was banned by edict several times for being indecent. Despite this prohibition, reinforceb by the threat of whipping or a term in the galleys, the dance remained popular and was joined by others even more scandalous. Not all churchmen, however, were opposed to popular dances; as the zarabanda and others were danced at the Feast of Corpus Christi in Seville and even in cathedrals by clergy in the normal practice of singing and dancing processionals for the mass. In fact, many composers of dance and theatre music were clerics. The marizapalos may have come from the marionette theatre popular at the time (and in Sicily is still presenting traditional plays based on mythology and legend, such as the battles between Christians and Moors). The tarentela was imported from Spain's provinces in southern Italy and was traditionally accompanied by the dancer's tambourine.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Spanish baroque music
• Spanish Golden Age
• Francisco Guerau

[hassson02]

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[Fasolislithuan]

@MrMohd1990

Spanish Golden Age: 1492-1681

Rather the opposite. In fact it didn't begin until the end of Reconquist. In 1492 Catholic Kings defeated the last muslim redoubt in Granada and unified all spanish territories by christianity. This year converge three facts (Discovery of America,expulsion of Jews and final defeat of muslim invaders). Islam doesn't have any link with the Spanish Golden Age.

[thynaluna]

@MrMohd1990 That you would like to you! The Spanish Golden Age began in 1492 with the conquest of Kingdom of Granada, the defeat of the Muslims and the discovery of America. The golden age continued almost three hundred years. There are many things to be grateful to the Arab settlement in Spain, but you're realistic; Spain will never be Muslim!, the Spanish prefer be atheists, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus or Orthodox before Muslim! Spain flees of Islam, sorry.

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@hassson02

سجل واحد داشر ^_~

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[lentorpe]

@MrMohd1990 , when you come back, please pass by my home. I´ll invite you to some ham slices, maybe a chorizo sandwich, why not some good beans with morcilla. :)

[lDevilliciouSl]

@PierreLunaere thank you sooo much that was really helpful ^-^

[PierreLunaere]

@lDevilliciouSl and most probably a spinet (see description of the piece above)

[PierreLunaere]

@lDevilliciouSl some kind of harpsichord