Global Mediterranean. Postcolonial music histories (16th-20th centuries). IMS Intercongressional Symposium

Session

Spanish repertoires and practices

FP1

9 Jul 2025, 09:00

Aula 7

Conveners

Spanish repertoires and practices

• Ignacio Prats Arolas (Conservatorio Superior “Joaquín Rodrigo” de Valencia)

22. From theatre to street: the role of the organillo in shaping Madrid’s musical identity in the Late 19th century

09/07/2025, 09:00

Free paper

The popular instrument known as organillo in the Spanish music street has been tightly linked with the imaginary of the “old Madrid” music by the end of the 19th century. The same repertoire performed in theatres and balls was played afterwards on squares and streets of the capital using these gadgets. Particularly noteworthy was its relation with a specific type of theatre, a kind of short...

111. The Tune of Folías de Espanya in Catalan Popular Songs from Eighteenth Century

09/07/2025, 09:20

Free paper

A significant number of Catalan manuscript songbooks from the Eighteenth century have been preserved, testifying to a vibrant popular singing tradition that is still little known. These songbooks contain only the lyrics of the songs, but not their music, which has led to their marginalisation in musicological studies.
Fortunately, some of the melodies to which these songs were performed are...

188. Negotiating Urban Musical Culture in Barcelona’s Domestic Concerts (1760–1808)

09/07/2025, 09:40

Free paper

The subscription concert held in domestic settings has recently emerged in scholarly research as a key component of elite leisure in late eighteenth-century Spain. In response to the scarcity of public concerts and the institutional control of theatres, domestic concerts appear to have constituted a primary site for musical and cultural negotiation—albeit one that remains relatively...