Get Your Wig On, It's Baroque Week!

Zaqarbal · 04-03-2011, 12:37 PM

^ I'm glad you like it. The Hispanic Baroque is very interesting. It has influences from popular music (from both sides of the Atlantic) and Italian composers (through the Kingdom of Naples). And musicians who lived or were born in the Americas found inspiration in the exuberant nature of the continent (all that colourful flora and fauna must be stunning to any sensitive person).

There are many notable composers from this period. These are three important names more:

* Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (Spain and Mexico, c.1590–1664):

* Gaspar Fernández (Guatemala and Mexico, 1566-1629):

(the second one is a villancico sung in Nahuatl)

* Juan de Araujo (Peru, 1646–1712):

* And these are two 18th-century anonymous sonatas. From Chiquitos (nowadays in Bolivia) and Mexico, respectively:

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Zaqarbal Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 824	^ I'm glad you like it. The Hispanic Baroque is very interesting. It has influences from popular music (from both sides of the Atlantic) and Italian composers (through the Kingdom of Naples). And musicians who lived or were born in the Americas found inspiration in the exuberant nature of the continent (all that colourful flora and fauna must be stunning to any sensitive person). There are many notable composers from this period. These are three important names more: * Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (Spain and Mexico, c.1590–1664): * Gaspar Fernández (Guatemala and Mexico, 1566-1629): (the second one is a villancico sung in Nahuatl) * Juan de Araujo (Peru, 1646–1712): * And these are two 18th-century anonymous sonatas. From Chiquitos (nowadays in Bolivia) and Mexico, respectively: __________________ "Lullabies for adults / crossed by the years / carry the flower of disappointment / tattooed in their gloomy melodies."