Los ecos de Manzanares: Cancionero de la sablonara

Featuring

La Boz Galana
Gabriel Díaz Bessón
Diego Gómes
Álvaro de los Ríos
Anonymous
Mateo Romero

Juan Blas de Castro
Bernardo Clavijo del Castillo
Miguel de Arizo
Manuel Rodrigues Coelho
Joan Pujol

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Compositional Technique

The music on this recording represents a transition from Renaissance polyphony to the new Baroque style, featuring both elaborate contrapuntal pieces and homophonic compositions with lively rhythms and dance patterns.

Cultural Impact

The Cancionero de la Sablonara is a valuable source of music from early 17th-century Spain, which gave birth to the 'tono humano' — a characteristic poetic-musical genre that endured into the 18th century.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Many of the texts used in these songs were written by distinguished poets of Spain's Golden Age, such as Lope de Vega, Luis de Góngora, and Francisco de Quevedo.

Historical Context

The manuscript is named after Claudio de la Sablonara, copyist and archivist of Madrid's Royal Chapel, who presented it to Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count of Nuremberg and Duke of Bavaria, between 1624 and 1625.

Historical Context

The Cancionero de la Sablonara survived the devastating fire of 1734 that destroyed hundreds of musical works at the Real Alcázar of Madrid because it was abroad at the time.

Performer Biography

La Boz Galana, the ensemble performing on this album, was created in 2011 in Basel, Switzerland, by singers and instrumentalists from Colombia, Brazil, and France.

Composition History

The Cancionero de la Sablonara is a collection of 75 polyphonic songs composed for the Royal Court of Madrid during the first two decades of the 17th century.