Compositive Styles and Modality in the Spanish Organ Music of the 18th Century. A case Study: the Valencia Region

Abstract

The compositions included in the present study constitute a representative collection of unpublished works, belonging to the second half of the eighteenth century and the very first years of the nineteenth, typical of the ecclesiastical style for the organ in Spain. The composer under study, belonged to the Levantine environment, because of their origins, or the exercise of their professions, as for instance the Ciurana. Other cases deals with author being close to the Valentian geographical environment, as Moreno Polo, who served in the cathedral music of Tortosa (Tarragona). Using a methodology that combines the historical hermeneutic, musicology “compared” and analytical musicology (detailed), seeks to establish a model for future studies on musical spanish heritage. The analytical detail is complemented by the comparative study with the procedures of contemporary authors from the rest of Europe have been analyzed specimens collated with other relevant contemporary compositions of the most outstanding authors internationally. In the comparison made, again illuminate previously unknown aspects, when considered in parallel with the peculiar Spanish organ school.