Un tractat de composició anònim del segle XVIII escrit en català

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  • Xavier Daufí i Rodergas

Abstract

The CEDOC archive preserves the manuscript of an anonymous 18th-century composition treatise which has the peculiarity of being written in Catalan. Although neither its author's name nor its date of writing are known, the existence of the document isextraordinary in itself. In the first place, it represents one of the very few 18th-century works on musical theory written in Catalan. Furthermore, its contents may be viewed as a significant reflection of the knowledge expected of a chapel master in any of the churches of Catalonia in that period, as well as of the way that knowledge was imparted. With his work, as he himself declares, the unknown author's aspiration was to provide composers with a thorough training, teaching them everything from the first elements of music to the most complex concepts. The final aim of his work was the success of his students in competitive examinations taken to obtain a chapel master post. Thus, in the last few pages of the manuscript and this is another interesting point in this treatise the author explains the different types of exercises that candidates will come across in such examinations. These exercises were, indeed, extremely complex.

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2021-01-18

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