Tres Cuadernos de Navidad: 1653, 1655, 1657 (Juan Gutierrez de Padilla)
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- (Posted 2016-05-01) CPDL #39506:
- Editor: Aurelio Tello (submitted 2016-05-01). Score information: Letter, 364 pages, 45,000 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcriptors:
Nelson Hurtado, Patricia Alonso, Ricardo Henríquez. Revision: Aurelio Tello
General Information
Title: Tres Cuadernos de Navidad: 1653, 1655, 1657
Composer: Juan Gutierrez de Padilla
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Number of voices: 4-6vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Villancico
Language: Spanish
Instruments: Unknown
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Description: The Three cuadernos are a compendium of villancicos by the spanish born composer Juan Gutierrez de Padilla who served as chapel meister in the Church of Puebla in Mexico after the death of Gaspar Fernandez, contributing to the musical culture of his time.
The compendium includes the villancicos "a la Jacara Jacarilla", Tambalagumbá, as well as and many other pieces written in 1653, 1655, 1657. This important document, product of an important research project lead by musicolgist of different countries, bears account of the very active musical life in Mexico during the colonial period.
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